Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Red Tomahawk, who killed Sitting Bull
- Head and shoulders profile studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Red Tomahawk. He has a painted cloth draped over his shoulders and wears and eagle feather headdress on his head. He is known for being one of the Indian...
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Assassination.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Indian reservation police--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Red Tomahawk.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Red Tomahawk, slayer of Sitting Bull
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Red Tomahawk. He has a painted cloth draped over his shoulders and wears an eagle feather headdress. He is known for being one of the Indian police who shot and...
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Assassination.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Indian reservation police--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Red Tomahawk.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sitting Bull, two wives and three papooses
- Sitting Bull, his two wives, and three children, Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, women, and children, pose near a group of tepees. Sitting Bull sits on a wooden chair and holds a beaded tobacco bag and a wooden pipe. His wives are wrapped in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- 1882
- Sitting Bull, his wife, and twins
- Sitting Bull and his family, Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, woman, and children, pose with a white woman and girl near a tepee. A white man on horseback stands nearby. The Native Americans are wrapped in blankets. The white woman wears a hat...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Military officers--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull,...
- [1882]
- Louie, Sitting Bull's son, & unidentified Indian, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Louie, Sitting Bull's son and Dakota (on the right), and unidentified Dakota male, both wearing feather headdresses and holding feathered shield-like object, standing in front of painted backdrop. Louie is also...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Sitting Bull, Louie.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1926?]
- Chief Sitting Bull
- An oil portrait of Chief Sitting Bull by Charles S. Stobie. Chief Sitting Bull wears a headdress with feathers, necklace, sash, fringed tunic and hold a smoking pipe in his hands. The painting has a rectangular varnished wood frame.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Sitting Bull of the Custer Massacre
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Sitting Bull, (Tatanka Iyotake) (c. 1831-1890) Native American, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, wearing a felt hat with a Monarch butterfly above the brim, shirt with fringe, fur skin and a bandana.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Hunkpapa Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1890?]
- Funeral of Indian police during the trouble of 1891
- View of the funeral of the Standing Rock Agency police in a civilian cemetery South Dakota, shows a group of whites and Native Americans, including agency police in uniform, around the graves and a tall wooden cross. The agency police were sent to...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian reservation...
- [December 1890]
- Tatonkaiyotonka, Sitting Bull The above is a true photo and autograph of "Sitting Bull," the Sioux Chief at the Custer Massacre
- Sitting studio portrait of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux). He has a blanket and pipe in his lap, wears a long sleeved, light colored shirt, and braids in his hair. He is best known for the role he played at the battle of Little...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- 1882?
- Funeral of Indian police during the trouble of 1890
- View of the funeral of the Standing Rock Agency police who were killed during the attempted arrest of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux), South Dakota. The men were buried in a civilian cemetery near the agency in South Dakota.
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Homes & haunts.; United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--People.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--South...
- 1890
- Sitting Bull
- Seated portrait of Native American, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Chief Sitting Bull wearing a single feather, braids wrapped in fur, and skin shirt with fur and leggings, holding a tobacco pipe (calumet.)
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Teton Indians--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Sioux men
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Native American (Sioux) men, that includes the grandson of Sitting Bull. The men wear beaded moccasins, and leggings, hair pipe breast plates, and feathers in their hair; they hold beaded tobacco bags. One man wears a...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sitting Bull medicine man and Council Chief of the Uncapapa Sioux
- Studio portrait of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man. He wears a feather in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Sitting Bull (Ta-Ton-ka-I-yo-ton-ka) The Sioux Chief in command at the Custer Massacre.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man. He wears a blanket on his lap, a metal bead bandolier, fur pelts that cover his braids, and a feather in his hair. He holds a wooden pipe decorated with feathers.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1890]
- Sitting Bull's grave
- View of the Sitting Bull memorial, a concrete slab with corner posts and center rock stack at one end, on the plains of South Dakota, erected in honor of Sitting Bull, a Native American Hunkpapa Sioux Chief.
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Monuments.; Dakota Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--South Dakota--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- White Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, at Little Eagle Sun Dance, South Dakota
- Standing portrait of White Bull, Native American, Minniconjou Lakota Sioux, wearing buckskin shirt and leggings, long feather headdress, and a hair pipe breastplate, Little Eagle, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; White Bull, Joseph, 1849-1947.
- August 1936
- White Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, at Little Eagle Sun Dance, South Dakota
- A white man shakes the hand of White Bull, a Native American, Minniconjou Lakota Sioux man, wearing a buckskin shirt and leggings, long feather headdress, and a hair pipe breastplate, at the Sun Dance, Little Eagle , South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.;...
- August 1936
- White Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, at Little Eagle Sun Dance, South Dakota
- A white man shakes the hand of White Bull, a Native American, Minniconjou Lakota Sioux man, wearing buckskin shirt and leggings, long feather headdress, and a hair pipe breastplate, at the Sun Dance, Little Eagle, South Dakota,
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Hunkpapa Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--South Dakota--Little...
- August 1936
- White Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, at Little Eagle Sun Dance, South Dakota
- Standing portrait of White Bull, Native American, Minniconjou Lakota Sioux, wearing a buckskin shirt and leggings, long feather headdress, and a hair pipe breastplate, Little Eagle, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; White Bull, Joseph, 1849-1947.
- August 1936
- Sitting Bull
- Head and shoulders portrait of Sitting Bull, a Native American Sioux chief, with a single head feather and fringe shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- The capture and killing of Sitting Bull
- Shows the arrest attempt of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890 and the fight that broke out between Native American Sioux and U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader was killed by Agency police.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fighting--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.
- 1890
- Dakota Territory-Sitting Bull Indians crossing the Yellowstone River, near Fort Keogh, to surrender to General Miles
- Sitting Bull and his Native American Sioux band on horseback cross the Yellowstone River, near Fort Keogh, to surrender to General Miles.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Surrenders--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Chief Sitting Bull Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man. He wears a quill-work bandolier, vest, and feathers in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Hunkpapa Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux Indians
- A standing portrait of Native American (Sioux) Sitting Bull. He is on an open plain, and wears moccasins, leggings, a shirt, and a full length headdress. He holds a war club in his left hand.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sitting Bull addressing his followers
- Native Americans (Sioux) gather in a circle around a campfire listening to their famous leader, Sitting Bull.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Meetings--1880-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Crow Foot, son of Sitting Bull
- Portrait of Native American (Sioux) Crow Foot, Sitting Bull's son, wrapped in a blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sitting Bull
- Sitting studio portrait of Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) Sitting Bull. He wears a fringed hide coat with decorative stitching, necklaces, a pendant, fur-bound braids, and a feather in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Hunkpapa Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk, standing in front of stone wall and painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Louie, Sitting Bull's son, Dakota, wearing war bonnet
- Head and shoulders seated studio portrait of Louie, Dakota male, wearing war bonnet and fur piece.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, Louie.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Louie, Sitting Bull's son, Dakota, profile bust
- Head and shoulders studio profile of Louie, Dakota male, wearing war bonnet and fur piece around neck.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, Louie.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Louie, Sitting Bull's son, Dakota, in war bonnet, bust
- Head and shoulders seated studio portrait of Louie, Dakota male, wearing war bonnet and fur piece.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, Louie.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians,--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull
- Photograph of a painting of head and shoulders of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing hat and decorated jacket.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, standing next to bench and chair, holding peace pipe, wearing fringed shirt and crucifix.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1885.; Calumets.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, seated, holding a tomahawk on lap
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, holding tomahawk.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1885.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, seated, with peace pipe on knee
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing jacket decorated with fur and holding peace pipe.
- Calumets.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, seated, holding a tomahawk on lap
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, holding tomahawk.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1885.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, seated, with peace pipe on knees
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, holding peace pipe, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1888?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, seated, holding peace pipe on knees, 3/4 length
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing crucifix and fringed shirt, holding peace pipe, in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1888.; Calumets.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [1888?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing elaborate necklace, bust
- Studio portrait of head and shoulders of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing necklace and fringed shirt.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1888.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [1888?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, standing, wearing war bonnet.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk, standing in front of stone wall and painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk, standing in front of stone wall and painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, bust
- Profile of head and shoulders of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, wearing blanket, standing by stone bench, in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot, Sitting Bull's son, wearing blanket, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, standing, wrapped in blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot, Sitting Bull's son, wearing blanket, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, wrapped in blanket, standing by stone bench and in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot, son of Sitting Bull, wearing blanket, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, standing, wrapped in blanket, next to stone bench and in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Dakota groups, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, Gall, Dakota Chiefs
- Head and shoulders portraits of Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, and Gall, Dakota Chiefs. Three individual portraits have been combined to make this group portrait.
- Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [188-?]
- Dakota groups, Sitting Bull, Gall, Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chiefs, busts
- Head and shoulders portraits of Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, and Gall, Dakota Chiefs. Three individual portraits have been combined to make this group portrait.
- Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull
- Studio portrait of head and shoulders of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, with two feathers in hair.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]