Eileen Pollack writes about Catherine Weldon, a woman from Brooklyn, who twice came to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to work with Sitting Bull and to paint his portrait. Her first visit was ...

On March 31 of this year, Green-Wood Cemetery celebrated Women’s History Month by hosting a special trolley tour called “Women Who Walked Ahead.” The tour included the graves of notable ...

Starring Jessica Chastain, right, as Catherine Weldon and Michael Greyeyes, left, as Sitting Bull, "Woman Walks Ahead" depicts Weldon's journey to the Dakotas in the late 1800s to paint a portrait ...

The film is based on a true story about the friendship between the Hunkpapa Lakota leader and Catherine Weldon, a widowed artist who traveled to North Dakota on a quest to paint Sitting Bull.

In “Woman Walks Ahead,” a handsome snooze of a historical drama, Jessica Chastain plays Catherine Weldon, a widowed New York City artist who travels to a North Dakota reservation in 1890 ...

Film; Films; True story behind Woman Walks Ahead - real tale behind Sitting Bull and Jessica Chastain's Western The tale of Caroline Weldon and Sitting Bull is both fascinating and tragic ...

Jessica Chastain's newest role contains a little more artistry than usual. The Oscar-nominated actress plays real-life artist Catherine Weldon in the period drama Woman Walks Ahead (now available ...

Michael Greyeyes, a Cree actor from a First Nation in Canada, plays the great Native American chief Sitting Bull in a new film. He says it's the role of a lifetime — and a portent of things to come.

In "Woman Walks Ahead," Jessica Chastain plays Catherine Weldon, a painter from New York City who travels to North Dakota to paint the legendary Lakota leader Sitting Bull. Her trip turns overtly ...