Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, or Stu-mick-o-súcks (in the

Blackfoot language The Blackfoot language, also called Siksiká (its denomination in ISO 639-3, ; Siksiká ik͡siká syllabics ), often anglicised as ', is an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot or ''Niitsitapi'' people, who currently live in the nor ...

), was a head war chief of the Blood Indians. He is remembered today for his portrait, painted by

George Catlin George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American adventurer, lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Traveling to the American West five times during the 183 ...

in 1832, located at the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds ...

. In one of his letters, Catlin wrote: The painting appeared in the exhibit ''Pictures from the New World at Schloss Charlottenburg'', which was held in the Orangerie of

Charlottenburg Palace Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough. The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during ...

, Berlin, Germany, in 1989.Kersten, Hans Ulrich. General Anzeiger. P. 29, from

Catlin files, accessed Aug. 10, 2012

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