Annie Oakley
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Annie Oakley was an American exhibition/trick shooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
Oakley in the 1880s
The Amateur Circus at Nutley (1894) by American illustrator Peter Newell. The scene depicted in the center is of Annie Oakley, standing on horseback, demonstrating her shooting ability.
Oakley c. 1899
Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster
Sitting Bull
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Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police accompanied by U.S. o
Annie Oakley
…was a child. They joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1885. At five feet tall, Oakley was given the nickname of "Watanya Cicilla" by fellow performer Sitting Bull, rendered "Little Sure Shot" in the public advertisements. During her first engagement with the Buffalo Bill show, Oakley experienced a tense professional…
Sitting Bull, c. 1883
An illustration of Sitting Bull, published in the December 8, 1877, issue of Harper's Weekly
The area of Big Horn County, Montana where the Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought
Fort Buford's commanding officer's quarters in present-day Williams County, North Dakota, where Sitting Bull's surrender ceremony was held