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

Image: Sitting Bull

Portrait of Sitting Bull holding pipe and pipe bag across lap. Hand written signature under photo and printed note reads, "Tatonka iyotonka, The above is a true photo and autograph of Sitting Bull, the Sioux Chief at the Custer massacre."

Title: Sitting Bull

Creator: unknown

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

Date: 1882

Type: Carte de Visite

Format: 4.2 x 6.5 in b&w cartes de visite

ID: wfc.img.cc.p.69.2089

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