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Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake [tˣaˈtˣə̃ka ˈijɔtakɛ]; c. 1837 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
Nov 9, 2009 · Sitting Bull. By: History.com Editors. Updated: July 10, 2023 | Original: November 9, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Library of Congress. Sitting Bull ( c. 1831-1890) was a Teton Dakota...
May 8, 2024 · Sitting Bull. Wounded Knee Massacre, (December 29, 1890), the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. The massacre was the climax of the U.S. Army’s late 19th-century efforts to repress the Plains Indians.
Apr 22, 2024 · Sitting Bull ( Tatanka Iyotanka, l. c. 1837-1890) was a Hunkpapa Sioux holy man, warrior, leader, and symbol of traditional Sioux values and resistance to the United States' expansionist policies. He is among the best-known Native American chiefs of the 19th century and remains as famous today as he was when he led his people.
Apr 3, 2014 · Sitting Bull was a Teton Dakota Indian chief under whom the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains. Updated: Apr 16, 2021. Photo: Universal...
Sitting Bull, realizing the inevitable, surrendered in 1881 at Fort Buford. Living at the Standing Rock Agency, Sitting Bull found it hard to adapt to his new life in the reservation and refused to learn how to farm.
Mar 4, 2023 · Sitting Bull became an accomplished hunter and warrior. By the time he killed his first buffalo at the age of ten, he was already demonstrating the four cardinal Lakota virtues of bravery, fortitude, generosity, and wisdom. At age 14, he counted his first coup, an honor earned in immediate proximity to the enemy.
Sitting Bull was a Teton Dakota chief who united the Sioux people in opposition against white settlers. Born into the Hunkpapa division of the Teton Sioux about 1831, he quickly rose to positions of tribal leadership.
Oct 30, 2007 · HISTORY. Sitting Bull’s Legacy. The Lakota Sioux leader’s relics return to his only living descendants. Jess Blumberg. October 30, 2007. Adam Nadel. A lock of hair and wool leggings belonging...
Dec 5, 2007 · Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake in the Lakota language, meaning literally “Buffalo Bull Who Sits Down”), Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux chief (born in 1831; died 15 December 1890 at Standing Rock, South Dakota). Sitting Bull led the Dakota (Sioux) resistance against US incursion into traditional territory.
