Edward Two-Two
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Edward Two Two | |
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| Edward Two-Two | |
 Edward Two-Two | |
| Lakota leader | |
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| Born | c.1851 |
| Died | July 27, 1914 |
| Resting place | New Catholic Cemetery; Dresden, Germany |
| Known for | Native American actor who demonstrated his culture to German citizens. |
Edward Two-Two (c.1851 in the USA; died July 27, 1914, Essen, Germany) was a Lakota Sioux Native American who appeared at the beginning of the 20th century at Hagenbeck in Hamburg, Germany, and in the Sarrasani circus in Dresden educating and entertaining German audiences of Native American life.
Edward Two-Two was a Native American from the Lakota Sioux tribe, who was born on the Great Prairie of the United States, which later became the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He later served as a Reserve Police Officer on that reservation in 1891. He traveled to Germany in 1910 to be part of a human zoo, in the Hagenbeck Zoo of Hamburg, Germany and shortly afterward he returned to America. Sometime between 1913 and 1914, he returned with his family again to Europe, and worked at the Sarrasani circus in Dresden where he was appointed "Sioux Chief".
Due to the good treatment and recognition of his family, he expressed his wish to be buried in Dresden. While touring in Essen he died, his body was transferred as back to Dresden and was buried at the New Catholic Cemetery. His name "Two-Two" meant in the Lakota language means "One of two".[citation needed] The inscription on the grave stone reads in the Lakota language: "To Paradise angel like you escort".
