"The jacket illustrated here is said to have belonged to Logan Fontenelle (1825-1855), a notable figure in Omaha Indian history. His father was a prominent French trader, his mother the daughter of a renowned Omaha chief. Educated in St. Louis and fluent in French, English, and Omaha, Fontenelle frequently served as an interpreter. In 1854 he accompanied the delegation of chiefs who signed the government treaty establishing the Omaha reservation in northeast Nebraska. He moved there with his people when they were ordered to leave their village near Bellevue. Fontenelle's pleas for army protection in their new location against possible attack by the Sioux went unheeded; he was killed by a Sioux raiding party while on a hunting expedition in 1855. A number of stylistic factors make the attribution of ownership of this jacket by Logan Fontenelle less than certain. The beadwork colors and patterns are typical of the Central Plains in the nineteenth century, but 1850-55 could be considered