Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull (about 1831 – December 15, 1890), real name Tatanka Yotanka, was the chief of a Native American tribe called Hunkpapa-Lakota-Sioux. At the age of about 14, Slow participated in a war party against the Crow (warriors). At the age of 10, however, he killed his first buffalo. He was a very important chief and fought for the freedom of Native Americans. He fought with Crazy Horse and Big Foot at the Little Bighorn River against General George A. Custer and won. They are the most deadly tribe.
He was killed by Red Tomahawk, a police sergeant, during an attempt to arrest him. [1]
Sitting Bull Media
Early Cabinet card of Sitting Bull, 1881.
The area where the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place.
Fort Buford's original 1872 Commanding Officer's Quarters where Sitting Bull's surrender ceremony was held.
Sitting Bull and family 1881 at Fort Randall. Rear L–R: Good Feather Woman (sister), Walks Looking (daughter); Front L–R: Her Holy Door (mother), Sitting Bull, Many Horses (daughter) with her son, Courting a Woman.
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Capture and death of Sitting Bull
"Wild scene", "Squaws death chant heard in every direction," telegram sent after killing of Sitting Bull
Monument at Sitting Bull's grave, Mobridge, South Dakota, 2003
Sitting Bull's grave at Fort Yates, c. 1906
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References
- ↑ "PBS – THE WEST – James McLaughlin, An Account of Sitting Bull's Death (1891)". pbs.org. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
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