Sitting Bull

Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man (1831–1890)

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Lived 1831–1890, aged 59United States

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1831–1890
Aged 59

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Updated 2026-05-29

Hunkpapa Lakota leader who spearheaded resistance against U.S. government expansion in the late 1800s. Killed by Indian agency police on Standing Rock Reservation during an arrest attempt as authorities worried he'd embrace the Ghost Dance movement.

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Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police accompanied by U.S. officers and supported by U.S. troops on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement.

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