William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Sitting Bull and family

Portrait of Sitting Bull and his family wearing traditional regalia. Sitting Bull's mother, Her Holy Door sits on his right, wives Four Robes and Seen-By-The-Nation stand behind him, and his oldest daughter, Many Horses and her son sit on his left. Sitting Bull holds a pipe and pipe bag on is lap. Hand written note on verso of card reads, "Sitting Bull & family, Ta Tonka E U tanki, Sioux."

Title: Sitting Bull and family

Creator: J. Pitcher Spooner

Keywords: American Indians Pipes (Smoking) Families Children Sitting Bull, 1831-1890

Date: circa 1883

Type: Carte de Visite

Format: 4.1 X 6.4 in b&w cartes de visite

ID: wfc.img.cc.p.69.1844

Source: Buffalo Bill Online Archive MS6 William F. Cody Collection

Rights: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

The William F. Cody Archive, Buffalo Bill Center of the West and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published under a Creative Commons License.

The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Sitting Bull and family