Sitting Bull

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Sitting Bull was a renowned Hunkpapa Lakota leader and holy man best known for uniting Plains tribes in resistance to U.S. expansion and for his role in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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instanceOf Lakota leader
Native American chief
holy man
human
allyOf Crazy Horse
Gall (Lakota leader)
birthDate c. 1831
birthPlace Hunkpapa Lakota territory
near Grand River, present-day South Dakota
citizenship Hunkpapa Lakota Nation
commanded Hunkpapa Lakota warriors
conflictWith U.S. Indian agents
United States Army
countryOfResidence United States NERFINISHED
deathCause gunshot wounds
deathDate 1890-12-15
deathPlace Standing Rock Indian Reservation, South Dakota
ethnicity Hunkpapa Lakota
Lakota Sioux
honoredIn Native American cultural memory
monuments in South Dakota
influenced Lakota resistance strategy
killedBy Indian police
languageSpoken Lakota
laterActivity briefly performed with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
movement Native American resistance to U.S. expansion
name Sitting Bull
nativeName Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake
notableFor refusing to sign treaties ceding Lakota lands
role in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn
uniting Plains tribes in resistance to United States expansion
notableWork vision that preceded the Battle of the Little Bighorn
occupation spiritual leader
tribal chief
war leader
opposedTo U.S. government Indian policies
United States westward expansion
participatedIn Battle of the Little Bighorn
Great Sioux War of 1876
positionHeld Hunkpapa Lakota chief
spiritual leader of the Hunkpapa
religion Lakota traditional religion
residence Grand River area
Standing Rock Reservation
returnedTo United States from Canada in 1881
soughtRefugeIn Canada
subjectOf historical studies of the Great Sioux War
numerous biographies


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