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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.
With Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel. A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.
Jun 24, 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 ( c. 1831-1890) was a Teton Dakota Native American chief who united the Sioux tribes of the American Great Plains against the white settlers taking their tribal land.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sitting Bull was the political and spiritual leader of the Sioux warriors who destroyed General George Armstrong Custer's force in the famous battle of Little Big Horn.
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.
