Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; ca. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man, who also led his people as a war chief during years of resistance to the United States.
Sitting Bull was born near the Grand River in South Dakota. Originally named "Jumping Badger", as a teenager he was given his father's name, after killing his first bison (buffalo).
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Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; ca. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man, who also led his people as a war chief during years of resistance to the United States.
Sitting Bull was born near the Grand River in South Dakota. Originally named "Jumping Badger", as a teenager he was given his father's name, after killing his first bison (buffalo).
He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him to prevent his supporting the Ghost Dance movement.
He is notable in American and Native American history for his role in the major victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment on June 25, 1876, where Sitting Bull's premonition of defeating the cavalry became reality. Seven months after the battle, Sitting Bull and his group left the United States for Wood Mountain,...
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