Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La

1847 – 1910)[2] was an Oglala Lakota law enforcement officer and judge.

[3] He was also a ledger artist whose work is in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian.

[1] Miwakan Yuhala is a Lakota name, translating to "Man Who Carries the Sword.

[1][4][5][6] Miwakan Yuhala served as caption of the police at the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota.

[5][9] Delphine Red Shirt (Oglala Lakota) published stories told by Miwakan Yuhala in George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition (University of Nebraska Press, 2016).