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Sitting Bull ( Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake [tˣaˈtˣə̃ka ˈijɔtakɛ]; [4] c. 1837 – December 15, 1890) [5] [6] was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
May 8, 2024 · Sitting Bull was a Lakota (Teton) chief under whom the Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) tribes united in their struggle against the encroachment of settlers on the northern Great Plains. Although he helped defeat U.S. troops on several occasions, notably at the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876), famine forced him to surrender.
Nov 9, 2009 · Sitting Bull (1831-1890) was the Native American chief under whom the Lakota tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains.
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 History...
The Lakotas — including Sitting Bull — were given until January 31, 1876, to move onto their reservation otherwise they would be considered hostile against the U.S government. Sitting Bull and the non-treaty Lakotas, as they were called, remained outside the reservation.
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.
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.
Mar 4, 2023 · Sitting Bull, beyond fighting age, did not participate in the combat, though he did send his nephews White Bull and One Bull into battle with his own personal medicine to protect them. The battle resulted in the deaths of approximately 80 Lakotas and Cheyennes and the complete annihilation of five companies of soldiers under Custer's immediate ...
Sitting Bull, (born c. 1831, near Grand River, Dakota Territory, U.S.—died Dec. 15, 1890, on the Grand River in South Dakota), Teton Sioux chief under whom the Sioux peoples united in their struggle for survival.
