Featured in this lot is an Original Sitting Bull Photograph Cabinet Card by S. T. Fansler, circa 1880-1892. This is a head and shoulders portrait of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota leader wearing a felt hat with a Monarch butterfly above the brim, shirt with fringe, fur skin and a bandana. Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit. 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. Stephen T. Fansler (1866-1952) was post studio photographer at Fort Yates in Dakota Territory (later becoming part of North Dakota state). Fort Yates was located on Standing Rock Indian Reservation. This photograph features "S. T. Fansler" name on the bottom left corner, "Fort Yates, North Dakota" on the bottom right corner. The photograph is in amazing preserved condition, some fading observed, slight scuffing noted on edges, age tanning. Measures 4.25"W x 6.5"L.