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Apache Chief, 1889

Sitting Bull

Apache Chief, 1889

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Videos (4)

  • Sitting Bull
    Sitting Bull

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    The tragic, yet true tale of Sitting Bull, the leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux tribe who led his people's resistance against the United States, sung by musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis.

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  • American Buffalo
    American Buffalo

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    The construction of the railroad led to the near-extinction of the buffalo, which had sustained native populations for centuries.

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  • The Buffalo and Native Americans
    The Buffalo and Native Americans

    Video Clip (1:52)

    The buffalo was an essential part of Native American life, used in everything from religious rituals to teepee construction.

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  • The Last of the Sioux
    The Last of the Sioux

    Video Clip (3:48)

    Resistant to government regulated reservations, the Sioux retreated into the Black Hills until a final massacre at Wounded Knee.

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Read More about Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull was the Lakota Indian chief under whom the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains.

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