Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull (also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) is a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who leads his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies.

Born near the Grand River in Dakota Territory, he is killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him.

He has a premonition of defeating the cavalry, which motivates his Native American people to a major victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry on June 25, 1876.

Months after the battle, Sitting Bull and his group leave the United States for Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, where he remains until 1881, at which time he surrenders to U. S. forces.

A small remnant of his band under Chief Waŋblí Ǧí decides to stay at Wood Mountain.

After working as a performer, Sitting Bull returns to the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota.

Because of fears that he would use his influence to support the Ghost Dance movement, Indian Service agent James McLaughlin at Fort Yates orders his arrest.

During an ensuing struggle between Sitting Bull's followers and the agency police, Sitting Bull is shot in the side and head by Standing Rock policemen Lieutenant Bull Head (Tatankapah) and Red Tomahawk (Marcelus Chankpidutah) after the police are fired upon by Sitting Bull's supporters.

His body is taken to nearby Fort Yates for burial

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