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. sitting bull was killed by indian agency police on the standing rock indian reservation during an attempt. Sitting bull – lakota chief and holy man. sitting bull, d.f. barry, 1885. by charles a. eastman (ohiyesa) in 1918. “i am a red man. if the great spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. he put in your heart certain wishes and plans, in my heart he put other and different desires.
Ca.: 1831 1890. available in our shop. view sitting bull books. sitting bull was a hunkpapa lakota and holy man. under him, the lakota bands united for survival on the northern plains. sitting bull remained defiant toward american military power and contemptuous of american promises to the end. the future leader was born around 1831. Sitting bull (born c. 1831, near grand river, dakota territory [now in south dakota], u.s.—died december 15, 1890, on the grand river in south dakota) was a lakota (teton) chief under whom the oceti sakowin ( sioux) peoples united in their struggle against the encroachment of settlers on the northern great plains. Sitting bull, or tatanka iyotake, was a great leader of the hunkpapa lakota group who helped defeat gen. george custer at the little bighorn. born on grand river, s.dak., from his early adulthood sitting bull fought hostile tribes and white intruders on sioux lands. he excelled in the virtues most admired by the sioux: bravery, fortitude. 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.
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