Sitting+Bull

 Chief Sitting Bull The year that Sitting Bull was born is still unknown, however it is said to be that he was born anywhere between 1831-1840, and he was killed at the year of 1890. Sitting Bull was born on the Grand River, South Dakota. His parents did not have a name for him when he was born, this is because they wanted to wait and see how his personality was so than they could name him by his personality. When Sitting Bull was younger his other nick name was Slon-He, which means slow. They gave that nick name to him because when he was younger he would always take his time with everything and he was never in a hurry, and did everything with care. His father was the one who came up with the name Sitting Bull because he was very brave, and fought and won a lot of battles. Ever since Sitting Bull was a young he always showed his leadership and his bravery. The first time Sitting Bull went hunting he was ten years old, and his first time he killed a buffalo. Once he killed the buffalo he gave the meat away to the elderly who could not get food for themselves. When Sitting Bull was fourteen years old his got his first coup in a skirmish with crow warriors. What that means is that when he was fourteens in a battle he had a chance to kill his enemy bout chose not to, and just tapped him on the shoulder. He did that because he wanted to fight for honor. As a result of this he got a white eagle feather as a prize, and he wore it every day. Another thing that he did that showed his bravery was when fifteen years old and there was a battle with the Flatheads he intentionally rode on his horse along with the enemy lines where people shot at him and threw swords at him, and from this he wounded his foot, and as a result he got a red feather because he was wounded and showed his bravery. He was a famous medicine man of the Hunkpapa band of Tenton Sioux. He was a medicine man for in preparation for battle. He was the Chief of the Sioux Indians, and because of him they won the battle against Custer. Sitting Bull told them that the way they were fighting would have to change, because before they fought for bravery, but he told them they would need to fight so they can kill the enemy so they did and that’s how they won against Custer. He told them that if they only fight to prove how brave they are that won’t help them with anything. However, he said that if they fight to kill or otherwise they would lose their land to the white people. Even during the Indian War when Sitting Bull surrendered he was still seen as a threat until the day he died because of his bravery. Another reason why he was a great leader was because he did not care about money or fame, he just cared about his people. Other Native Indians wanted the Indian lands, so Sitting Bull took his people to Canada so that way they can live the same way they did before, but there were few problems, there was not enough animals there to hunt, so they would be hungry or possibly starve, and the other problem was that the Canadian government did not want them there so he and his people moved back and they were forced back to U.S, and forced to live on the reservations. Sitting Bull tried to help his reservation with the “Ghost Dance” which meant that it would drive the white settlers away, so that they can have their own reservation. However the Government did not want that to happen, so at one of the meetings the cops came and tried to arrest him but he resisted, and as a result they killed him and his son. When he died he was 60 years old. Even after Sitting Bulls death he still has an impact and influence on the tribes today. Since he was a great leader and an icon to his people, there is a nonprofit organization that has made a monument of Sitting Bull that is located in North Dakota. Also in one of the Lakota reservations in North Dakota, there is a college that was built, and it was named after him. The influence he has on his tribes is that people should always fight for their rights, and not give up. Sittings Bulls life had a huge impact on America History. Sources: 1). []  This website talked about Sitting Bull, and some history about him. One of this other nick names was Slon-He, which meant “Slow”. Sitting Bull was killed by the Indian Agency Police, on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. They did this by trying to arrest him and to prevent him from supporting the Ghost Dance movement.    2). [] This article was about him and what he did. Some of the things that I got from this article was that he was born around 1831, on the Grand River, now its known as the South Dakota. At the time Lakota was called “Many Caches’ because they would dig the ground there and hide food in it. This article also talked about how he was a great leader. 3). []  Sitting Bull was Medicine Men, but he was also a war chief. When he was born his parents named him Jumping Badger. His nick name was Slow, because when he was younger he would always take his time with everything, and he never hurried and did everything with care. When he was 10 years old he went hunting, and killed his first buffalo, and he gave the meat away to elders because they could not hunt for themselves. They also talked about his wives, and his kids.    4). [] Sitting Bull was a lot like MLK, he was a man of vision, and he tried to help out his tribe they best way he could. A lot of people were upset when he was killed because they did not burry him the proper way. They buried him without funeral rites, without tribal wail, with no solemn song or act. 5). http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-sittingbull2.html   At the Assiniboine battle there was a boy, and Sitting Bull saved his life, and later adopted him as his brother, and helped him out. In this article they were talking about how he was a great leader, and also he was a man of character.    6). [] This article talked about Sitting Bull, and his family. It talked about his dad and his two uncles, and how they had a great impact on him. Also another interesting thing in this article is that there is a non profit organization that will make a monument for him. 7). []  This article talked about his accomplishments, and what he did. When he was only 14 he touched an enemy, so he could have killed him but did not because he was a warrior with honor.    8). [] This article had some interesting facts about him. One of the interesting thing was that when he was born his parents did not name him right away, so they waited so that they can give him his name by his personality. 9). []  It talks about how Sitting Bull got his name, it also talked about that he had more than one nick name, and that was common, because as you got older you got more nick names. It also talked about his early childhood and how he proved he will be a man.    10). [] This talked about his early life. Another thing that this was about was the Battle of the little big horn, and talked about that event and what happened there. 11). []  This talked about how he had made peace with the U.S Army, and had an exchange so that they could have a reservation free of white settlers. This also talked little bit about the Battle of the little Big Horn.    12). [] This article talked about how he was a very brave when he was young. It also talked about how he became a member of Strong Hearts society. Sitting Bull and his people moved to Canada so that they can live like they did but do to little hunting they had to move back because they had a fear of starvation. 13). []  This had some highlights of his life. This also talked about his leadership. In North Dakota they had a college named after him and it was on the reservation so that way his still would be remembered and not forgotten.    14). [] This was more about the Battle of Little Big Horn, but it talked about Sitting Bull, and how was a big part of it. 15). []  During the Indian War, Sitting Bull surrounded, but even though he did this he was still seen as a threat until he died. This also talked about Sitting Bull and what he did during the war to help out his people.    16). [] This was about what happened to sitting Bull before his death. It also talked about how he was killed. 17). []  This article talked how he become a leader, and also mentioned that he was medicine men. He got his nick name from his father. He also told the Indians to change their ways of fighting and as a result they won a victory over Custer.    18). [] This talked little bit about his life. He was always a voice for peace, and he did not want to fight with the white men, and he urged his people to do the same. He would always argue with is fellow Chiefs whether hostile actions were required. 19). []  He was a famous medicine man of the Hunkpapa band of Teton Sioux Indians. He also helped his reservation start with the “Ghost Dance.”However, the government did not want that to happen so they tried to arrest him but he resisted, and as a result they killed him, and his son.    20). [] This talked about how he was always a brave person, and was willing always to fight, so that’s how his dad came up with that nick name for him. Also talked about how him and Martin Luther King had many things in common.