Sitting Bull Signed 2X3.5 Oxidized Ink Page Cut
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Sitting Bull (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), signed 2 x 3.5 cut paper. The black ink has oxidized over time and the paper has yellowed. Arguably the most powerful and perhaps famous of all Native American chiefs, Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in what is now called South Dakota. Sitting Bull joined his first war party at 14 and soon gained a reputation for bravery in battle. In 1868, the Sioux accepted peace with the U.S. government, but when gold was discovered in the Black Hills in the mid-1870s, a rush of white prospectors invaded Sioux lands. In 1885, after befriending Annie Oakley, he joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. In 1889, Native Americans began to take up the Ghost Dance, a ceremony aimed at ridding the land of white people and restore the Native American way of life. Sitting Bull soon joined it. Fearing the powerful chief's influence on the movement, authorities directed a group of Lakota police officers to arrest Sitting Bull. On December 15, 1890, they entered his home. After they dragged Sitting Bull out of his cabin, a gunfight followed, and the chief was shot in the head and killed. This item has been professionally custom matted and framed. Comes with a Letter of Authentication from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators, along with the GFA guarantee of authenticity.
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Sitting Bull Signed 2X3.5 Oxidized Ink Page Cut
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