Comic Title: Detective Comics #151
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1949
On Sale Date: July 20, 1949 Newsstand Date July 20, 1949
Source: House Ad, Boy Commandos #35, Page 28

Copyright Date July 18, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date July 20, 1949
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V4 #5

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Origin of Pow-Wow Smith"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Pow-Wow Smith (of Earth-1)

Writer: Don Cameron
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted In:
Detective Comics:80 Years of Batman HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Pow-Wow Smith (Ohiyesa; first appearance; last appearance in Detective Comics #158; next appearance in Detective Comics #152)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy (a white boy; next appearance in Detective Comics #152)
• Matogee (aka Yellow Bear; next appearance in Detective Comics #152)
• Marpeetopah (aka Four Skies; Ohiyesa's father and tribal chief; next appearance in Detective Comics #154)
• Members of Ohiyesa's tribe (Little Eagle named; next appearance in Detective Comics #152)

Other Character(s)

• Ohiyesa's mother (next appearance in Detective Comics #157)
• Jimmy's unnamed father (no further appearances)
• Members of a logging camp (no further appearances)
• Students and teachers at an unnamed University (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story reveals the origin of Pow-Wow Smith, aka Ohiyesa which means "The Winner".

Synopsis:
A young member of the Sioux indian tribe living in Red Deer Valley befriends a white boy named Jimmy. The indian boy named Ohiyesa is given the name Pow-Wow Smith by a group of loggers when he settles a conflict by talking rather than fighting. When Jimmy goes to college, Pow-Wow misses his friend and obtains permission to follow his friend to the white man's university.

Pow-Wow excels at college in athletics and academics. After graduation he returns to his tribe to teach them of new technology. Another Sioux warrior Matogee challenges Ohiyesa, claiming that he has forgotten his tribal past. Ohiyesa proves him wrong by performing in a ritual ceremony.