Caroline Weldon
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Susanna Karolina Faesch colloquially known by her pen name Caroline Weldon was a Swiss American artist and activist with the National Indian Defense Association. Weldon became a confidante and the per
Weldon c. 1878–1882
Sitting Bull, by Caroline Weldon, 1890, oil on canvas
Sitting Bull, oil on canvas, painted by Caroline Weldon in 1890 based on a photograph by Palmquist & Jurgens dated March 1884
Caroline Weldon (right) and her friend Aline Estoppey in Mount Vernon, New York, 4 April 1915
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
Caroline Weldon
…and activist with the National Indian Defense Association. Weldon became a confidante and the personal secretary to the Lakota Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull during the time when Plains Indians had adopted the Ghost Dance movement. Weldon was born Susanna Karolina Faesch on December 4, 1844 in Basel…
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