Portraying Cherokee power: Syacust Ukah by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, Portrait of Syacust Ukah, 1762, oil on canvas, 120 x 89.9 cm (Gilcrease Museum) A conversation with Dr. William Smith (citizen of the Cherokee Nation), Associate Director Helmerich Center for American Research at the Gilcrease Museum and Co-Director of the Museum Science and Management Program at the University of Tulsa and Dr. Steven Zucker