Sitting+Bull

= = =__Sitting Bull__ (Tatanka Iyotaka)= =1831 - 1890= __Chief of the Hankpapa Lakota Indians and the Dakota Sioux__ __[|Picture Site]__ Back Homepage In March of 1876, Sitting Bull summoned many of his neighboring tribes to his village in Montana called Rosebud Creek. There they showed sacrifices to the gods and Sitting Bull got a vision that the whites would attack the camp. He sent one of his best warriors along with hundreds of other warriors to prevent the attack and surprise the whites. Sitting Bull was an amazing man for his time and saved many Native American tribes from defeat against the whites.**
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 * [[image:sittingbull-1.jpg width="316" height="481" align="left"]] Sitting Bull is one of the most important people during the time of the Indians. Sitting Bull played a big part in many of the resistance against the whites when they tried to take over the Native American's land for themselves. In a way, Sitting Bull was very much like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. All three of them wanted their people to be treated fairly by other people. These leaders had to face the discrimination towards their people and all of the hatred because they were wanted away with and weren't cared about. Sitting Bull was one of the most courageous and brave Native American leaders there has ever been. There were many times throughout his life that Sitting Bull was forced to make a very crucial decision weather it be during a battle or in 1876 when all Indians were forced to move when they were told. Sitting Bull and his villagers refused to move and stood their ground. Sitting Bull was very religious and was true to his gods and believed in them.
 * Sitting Bull was very big in his own religion and he started to follow the Ghost Dance ceremony more and more. It was a ceremony that promised to rid the land of all white men, and restore the indian's way of life. The Lakota indians were affraid that sitting Bull would transfer to the Ghost Dance. In 1890, 43 men were sent to bring Sitting Bull back to his home village. There was a struggle on the way back and one of the policemen put a bullet through Sitting Bull's head. He was burried at Fort Yates in north Dakota, until in 1953 his remains were moved to Mobridge, South Dakota.** [|Picture Site]