killing of Sitting Bull

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The killing of Sitting Bull was the 1890 assassination of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader by Indian Agency police on the Standing Rock Reservation, an event that heightened tensions leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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instanceOf assassination
historical event
killing
hasAuthorityOrderingArrest U.S. Indian agent at Standing Rock
hasBroaderConflict conflicts between the U.S. government and Plains Indians
hasCause U.S. authorities’ fear of Sitting Bull’s influence in the Ghost Dance movement
hasClassification political assassination
hasConsequence events leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre
heightened tensions on the Standing Rock Reservation
increased tensions between Lakota and U.S. authorities
hasContext Ghost Dance religious movement
surface form: Ghost Dance movement

U.S. Indian policy in the late 19th century
hasCountry United States of America
hasDate 1890-12-15
hasEthnicContext Oglala Lakota
surface form: Lakota Sioux
hasHistoricalPeriod United States–Native American wars
surface form: American Indian Wars era
hasImmediateOutcome death of Sitting Bull at his cabin
hasLegalStatus extrajudicial killing
hasLocation Grand River area
North Dakota
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasMemorialization subject of historical studies on U.S.–Native American relations
hasMethod shooting
hasNotableFigureInvolved James McLaughlin
Sitting Bull
hasOpposingSide Sioux people
surface form: Lakota people

United States government
hasPerpetrator Indian Agency police
Standing Rock Tribal Police
surface form: Standing Rock Indian police
hasReasonForArrest alleged involvement in or support for the Ghost Dance
hasRelation Wounded Knee Massacre
hasRelationType precursor event to the Wounded Knee Massacre
hasTarget Hunkpapa Lakota leader
hasTribalAffiliationOfVictim Hunkpapa Lakota
hasTriggerEvent U.S. decision to arrest Sitting Bull during Ghost Dance unrest
hasTypeOfForceUsed armed arrest attempt
hasVictim Sitting Bull
hasYear 1890

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Wounded Knee Massacre hasPrecededBy killing of Sitting Bull