Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La


Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La was an Oglala Lakota law enforcement officer and judge. He was also a ledger artist whose work is in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian.

Name

Miwakan Yuhala is a Lakota name, translating to "Man Who Carries the Sword." He is also known as George Sword.

Career

Miwakan Yuhala served as caption of the police at the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. and a judge in a Native American court.

Legacy

published stories told by Miwakan Yuhala in George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition.