“Sitting Bull’s Vision” 36 x 48” Oil on Canvas

The Lakota Chief, Sitting Bull had an inspirational vision, in which he saw soldiers falling into camp like grasshoppers falling from the sky.  This vision pre-dated the Battle of the Greasy Grass. (Also known to history as Custer’s Last Stand… or The Battle of the Little Big Horn…)

This vision gave strength to the Sioux resistance, and encouraged many to leave the reservation.  The vision was inspiration to Oglala Lakota Chief Crazy Horse to raise a band of warriors and led to the Battle of the Rosebud, and then to the famous battle against Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.  Historical telling and re-telling differs between cultures as to what happened that day.  What isn’t in debate is that a great stand was taken, and a mighty defeat was the result.

The witnesses to Sitting Bull’s vision and to the resulting massacre are depicted utilizing imagery which was inspired by a ledger drawing by  Black Hawk, a Lakota.  These artworks show an amazing collection of Native People united with arms around one another; their backs to the viewer.   Witnesses to the vision.