Tunkancanhdeska (c1812-1909)



Tunkancanhdeska "Hooping Star" was a Sioux who lived in Lake City, Minnesota for much of his life. He was generally known as "Indian John" and sold postcards of himself as a way to make money.

Birth
He estimated his birth year as 1812.

Death
His death date was referenced in a 1957 newspaper as 1909, but contradicted by an unlikely statement that he died much later at the age of 120 in 1932.