government and resort to living on a reservation.Īward-winning author and member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe S. He and Crazy Horse were the last Lakota/Sioux to surrender their people to the U.S. Sitting Bull was instrumental in the war against the invasive wasichus (White Man) and was at the forefront of the combat, including the Battles of Killdeer Mountain and the Little Bighorn. Army, and to his surrender, Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People brings the story of the great chief to light. As a leader, Sitting Bull resisted the United States government’s attempt to move the Lakota/Sioux to reservations for more than twenty-five years.įrom Sitting Bull’s childhood-killing his first buffalo at age ten-to being named war chief, to leading his people against the U.S. He was eventually named war chief, leader of the entire Sioux nation-a title never before bestowed on anyone. 1831–1890) was one of the greatest Lakota/Sioux warriors and chiefs who ever lived. “A reverent tribute to the great Hunkpapa chief and holy man, cast as a memoir with a rich array of new and contemporary illustrations.” - Kirkus Reviews
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