Sitting Bull

Death by Force

In the cold, dark hours before dawn on December 15, 1890, the final chapter of the life of Sitting Bull, a 58-year-old Hunkpapa Lakota male, began to unfold on the Grand River in South Dakota. Amid the rising tensions surrounding the Ghost Dance, a spiritual movement that promised a restoration of the Native American way of life, the U.S. Indian Agent at the Standing Rock Agency, James McLaughlin, grew fearful of the chief's influence. Believing Sitting Bull would encourage a rebellion, McLaughl ...Read More

Death of Lakota Leader Sitting Bull | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center

An Account of Sitting Bull's Death | The West | PBS | Ken Burns - PBS

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