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Sitting Bull Thesis

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Sitting Bull, the Great Indian Legend.

In this paper I will be talking about Sitting Bull. I will be talking about his life, his achievements, and his sacrifices. I will be talking about how he was a great leader, holy man, and warrior. I will also give some quick facts

Sitting Bull the Indian. Sitting Bull was a great chief, leader, warrior, and person in general. He was know as a great warrior from a very young age. He experienced battle at a very young age, he was only fourteen when he first went to battle. The battle was a raid on the Crow. As a young man he became the leader of the Strong Heart warriors. He later became a member of the Silent Eaters. The Silent Eaters where a group that was concerned with tribal warfare. Sitting Bull was a legendary fighter and lived up to his claim of legendary courage. When he was in battle with soldiers protecting rail road workers he took a few warriors walked out in front of everyone and sat down pulled out a pipe lit it and sat there and shared it with his fellow warriors, in the mists of …show more content…

The reservation agents had feared the Ghost dance because they saw it as a threat. So they sent Lakota Policemen to bring in sitting bull to try to stop the movement. The policemen broke into Sitting Bulls cabin and dragged him out. His followers swarmed around him ready to protect him. In the gun fight that followed one of the policemen shot and killed Sitting Bull

His body was buried at Fort Yates. In 1953 his remains were moved to Mobridge, South Dakota. A granite shaft now marks his grave. He is still buried at Mobridge He was remembered as a leader, warrior, and also a loving father, singer and

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