Using a string of far-flung military outposts as base camps for adventure, Catlin crisscrossed an untamed landscape, all-the-while painting a tremendous volume of Indian portraits and native scenes. The images were unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Aaron KillianMay 9, 2019Benita Eisler, George Catlin, Red Man's Bones, West, Painting, Art, National Gallery of Art, Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington DC, Aaron Killian, Historic America, Sioux, Mandan, PortraitComment

The Death of Sitting Bull

Today we mark the death of Sitting Bill, the famed Sioux Indian chief and holy man best known for his victory over George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Aaron KillianDecember 15, 2014Sitting Bull, John McLaughlin, Ghost Dance, Wavoka, Sioux, Lakota, Paiute, Standing Rock Reservation, Crowfoot, Bull Head, Red Tomahawk, Death of Sitting BullComment