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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| killing of Sitting Bull canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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