Arthur Douglas Amiotte: A Life in Lakota Art Early Life and Heritage Born: 1942 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Lakota Names: Initially named Warpa Tanka Kuciyela (Low Black Bird), later received a second Lakota name in 1972. Family History: Descendant of Standing Bear (Mató Nájin), who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn, connecting Amiotte to a rich historical lineage. Raised between Pi…