Sitting Bull

This letter was written by James McLaughlin, Indian Agent at Standing Rock, instructing members of the Indian Police to arrest Sitting Bull, the famed Lakota chief. Dated December 14, 1890, this letter set off a chain of events that resulted in the death of Sitting Bull.

McLaughlin…

This photograph is described as, "Sitting Bull, half-length portrait, facing front, holding peace pipe." Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his tribe during a period of resistance against the United States government.

This map, courtesy of the National Park Service, is titled "Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876." It shows the movements of the Sioux tribe leading up to the Battle of Little Bighorn. 

This war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land from us without price."

--Spotted Tail

The report and journal of proceedings of the commission appointed to obtain certain concessions from the Sioux Indians, December 26,…

This photograph, taken by W.H. Illingworth during Custer's Black Hills expedition, shows a panoramic view of his camp at Hidden Wood Creek.

<p><span class="deck">So spoke Sitting Bull, greatest of Sioux chiefs, as he bitterly watched his people bargain away their Dakota homeland</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The most celebrated of all Indian leaders gets his first new biography in more than half a century.</span></p>

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<p><span class="deck">Fate brought Custer and Sitting Bull together one bloody June evening at the Little Bighorn—and marked the end of the Wild West.</span></p>