Gene Swallow is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Red Shirt, South Dakota. Gene holds a degree in elementary education from Oglala Lakota College. He spent ten years working in public schools to teach Lakota history and culture. His work is often inspired by the buffalo nation (Pte Oyate). You can see buffalo horns in this print. Hanwin is the Lakota Moon Being. Hanwin is traditionally a female, but the painting seemed ambiguous, so Gene titled it Hanwin as a Boy. ...