Sitting Bull

Murdered

On December 15, 1890, at approximately 5:30 a.m., a contingent of 39 Indian police officers and four volunteers arrived at Sitting Bull's residence on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. They were acting under orders from U.S. Indian agent James McLaughlin, who feared that Sitting Bull might join the Ghost Dance movement, which was causing unrest among the Lakota people. The officers surrounded the house, entered, and informed Sitting Bull of his arrest. As they attempted to escort him outside ...Read More

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