Sitting Bull - Black and White #2

Beginning in the 1860s, Sitting Bull gained a reputation as one of the most formidable warriors during the three-decade-long conflict between the... more

by David Hinds

Title

Sitting Bull - Black and White #2

Artist

David Hinds

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Photograph

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Beginning in the 1860s, Sitting Bull gained a reputation as one of the most formidable warriors during the three-decade-long conflict between the Lakota nation and the United States. On repeated occasions he led campaigns to rid the growing American presence from traditional tribal lands. In 1874, when officials tried to persuade a group of chiefs to cede the Black Hills-where George Armstrong Custer had recently discovered gold-Sitting Bull intervened to stop the transaction. Two years later, his forces would rout Custer's Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, an event that prompted American officials to expand their military commitment in the West. Sitting Bull and a group of followers eluded authorities until 1881, when defections and a dwindling food supply compelled him to surrender. In 1885 Sitting Bull traveled for four months with William Cody's Wild West Show, during which time this photograph is believed to have been taken.

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April 15th, 2020