Sitting Bull facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sitting Bull
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Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake
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Sitting Bull c. 1883
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| Hunkpapa Lakota holy man & leader | |
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Húŋkešni (or "Slow") or Jumping Badger
c. 1831 Grand River, Dakota Territory |
| Died | December 15, 1890 (aged 58–59) Standing Rock Indian Reservation Grand River, South Dakota |
| Resting place | Mobridge, South Dakota 45°31′0″N 100°29′7″W / 45.51667°N 100.48528°W |
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| Battles/wars | Battle of the Little Bighorn |
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 shot and killed by Red Tomahawk, a police sergeant, during an attempt to arrest him.
Images for kids
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Early Cabinet card of Sitting Bull, 1881.
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Sitting Bull and family 1881 at Ft 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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Sitting Bull, 1885
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Sitting Bull's grave at Fort Yates, ca. 1906
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The area in which the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place.
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Sketch of Sitting Bull; Harper's Weekly, December 8, 1877 issue.
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Fort Buford's original 1872 Commanding Officer's Quarters where Sitting Bull's surrender ceremony was held
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Monument at Sitting Bull's grave, Mobridge, South Dakota, 2003
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