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Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man and
was born around 1831 near the Grand River in South
Dakota. He led the attack on Custer at Little
Big Horn. After the battle he fled to Canada and stayed
for five years until he surrendered to the American
forces.
Indian Affairs eventually ordered his arrest
because they feared Sitting Bull would use his influence
to support the Ghost Dance movement. While trying to
arrest Sitting Bull, there was a struggle between his
followers and the police. During this struggle, Sitting
Bull was shot in the side and head and was killed.
“I am a red man. If
the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he
would have made me so in the first place."
Spoken by: Chief
Sitting Bull
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