The lithograph above is title " The Indian Dance-invoking the aid and
protection of the bear spirit."  People of the Plains tribes often formed
special societies.  Some had a religious function, like the Tobacco
Society of the Crow tribe, which grew the t obacco used in ritual
ceremonies.  Other societies, like the famous Kit-Fox Society and the "Dog
Soldiers," were made up of warriors.  The lithograph probably depicts the
ritual dance of a "Bear Society" in an unidentified Plains tribe.