Caroline Weldon

Caroline Weldon
Weldon in 1915
Weldon in 1915
BornSusanna Karolina Faesch
(1844-12-04)4 December 1844
Kleinbasel, Canton Basel, Switzerland
Died15 March 1921(1921-03-15) (aged 76)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Pen nameCaroline Weldon
OccupationArtist, Indian Rights activist
NationalitySwiss, American

Caroline Weldon (born Susanna Karolina Faesch; 4 December 1844 – 15 March 1921) was a Swiss-American artist 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.