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Sitting Bull (Sioux: Tatanka Iyotake, Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotank, also nickname Slon-he or "Slow"; ca. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man, born near the Grand River in South Dakota and killed by police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him and prevent him from supporting the Ghost Dance movement.

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  • Though often credited with winning it, this Sioux medicine man sat out of the Battle of Little Big Horn
  • Also known as Tatanka Iyotake, he was a leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux
  • In 1876 Boss Tweed fled to Spain & in 1877 this famous Sioux leader fled to Canada
  • Jumping Bull was the father of this more sedentary Native American chief
  • This Sioux chief led warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud
  • In about 1867 he was made principal chief of several Sioux tribes
  • This leader of his people at the Little Big Horn took no active part in the battle
  • In 1885 this Sioux leader was allowed to leave the reservation to tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
  • The Indian policemen who killed this legendary chief Dec. 15, 1890 were named Tomahawk & Bullhead
  • He had 2 adopted sons, One Bull & White Bull
  • He's the Hunkpapa leader seen here who inspired his people before the Little Big Horn
  • We're not sure when he sat for this portrait
  • This supreme Native American leader at the battle was more of a spiritual guru, uniting the tribes, than a military strategist
  • (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) The museum has the war shirt & war bonnet of this Sioux chief who led his followers to Canada after the Little Bighorn, but who finally surrendered to U.S. authorities

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  • RT @lastrealindians: Tatanka Iyotake Sitting Bull Wokiksuye 12/15 & the Myth of Freedom by @wakiyan7 #IdleNoMore htt…
  • RT @MsRock4Ever: As Individual Fingers We Can Easily Be Broken, But Together We Make a Mighty Fist--Sitting Bull
  • Sitting Bull, Lakota, talked with Crowfoot, a Blackfoot chief, and Louis Riel, a Metis resistance fighter. We need to unite Native nations.
  • "If we must die, we die defending our rights." -Sitting Bull
  • RT @lastrealindians: #SittingBull is Alive, By Chase Iron Eyes @Lastrealndn
  • Died #OTD in 1890: Sioux leader Sitting Bull, shot at Standing Rock Reservation during an attempt to arrest him.
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  • RT @ProfHerm: wonders if the police shooting of an unarmed Sitting Bull in 1890 is relevant today. #ferguson #ericga…
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  • Dear Sitting Bull Ty 4 showing us who u R -A man of Love Truth Integrity Dignity Self-Respect A Beautiful Human Being
  • Gary Anderson: Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood (Library of American Biography Series) (2nd Edition)
  • @midnight #MillennialHistory General Custer: NO WAI! Chief Sitting Bull: YA WAI! GC: O RLY? CSB: YA RLY!
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  • 1890 : « Les Sioux te tueront » : la mort du grand chef Sitting Bull
  • RT @dfweb75: Mort le 15 décembre 1890 Sitting Bull, chef indien d'Amérique du Nord
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  • @smokinbuffalo1 May Allah be we pleased with our Brother Sitting Bull.
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  • RT @smokinbuffalo1: Sitting bull prayed with the pipe if u have one pull it out. nitakuye yuonihaa ye! Honor your relative!
  • Sitting Bull, died on this day in 1890.
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  • Tatanka Iyotake wokiksuye Sitting Bull remembrance 12/15/1890 honoring #IndigenousResistance #LRI
  • Sitting Bull died on this date in 1890.
  • Teach #kids a lesson in courage. Introduce them to #Lakota chief Sitting Bull (d. 12/15/1890) who stood his ground.
  • This Day in History #TDiH #OTD 15 Dec 1890 American Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members...
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  • Today In Old West History December 15, 1980 -- After many years of successfully resisting white efforts to...
  • #DDJ 15/12 1890 Sitting Bull est tué au cours d'une bataille face à l'armée américaine
  • This Day in History - December 15th, 1890 - This Day in History – December 15th, 1890 Sitting Bull was a...
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