Featured in this lot is this photograph of Sitting Bull born in 1831 and died in 1890 and is attributed to R. L. Kelly Pierre. One of the most well known and historic Native American Indians of all time, Sitting Bull was the host of the 1876 Sundance and led his Hunkpapa Sioux at the Battle of Rosebud and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Greasy Grass), as he had a vision in which he saw many soldiers) as thick as grasshoppers” falling, foreshadowing their victory, defeating Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on June 25, 1876. He then fled to Canada in 1877 until returning July 19, 1881 where he surrendered at Fort Buford. He then worked with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, later returning to the Standing Rock Reservation, where the Sioux were conducting the Ghost Dance. Due to the fear Sitting Bull would join the Ghost Dance, he was ordered to be arrested by Indian Service Agent James McLaughlin at Fort Yates. During the fight that ensued, Sitting Bull was killed by Standing Rock policemen, Lieutenant Bull Head and Red Tomahawk, in December 18, 1890. The condition of this Sitting Bull photograph is preserved with the blind stamp scratched out and is mounted on cardboard and shows some wear to the photograph itself. The measurements of this photograph is 5 1/2" x 3 7/8". The collective weight of this photograph is U4oz. The photograph in the image was taken circa 1882 by R.L. Kelly, when this piece was produced is unknown.