Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull (c. 1834-1890), original name Tatanka Iyotake, was a Native American, Dakota Sioux chief and medicine man. He led warrior society at the age of twenty-two. He participate in War of the Black Hills (1876-1877) and allied with Crazy Horse and his warriors. He fled to Canada where he suffered starvation. However, he returned to the United States of America and surrendered in 1881.After his release, he toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1886, but soon returned to a North Dakota reservation in 1887 to resist further land cession and break-up of Sioux nation. He was killed by a military officer who was attempting to arrest Sitting Bull over Indians performing the Ghost Dance.
Wisdom & Quotes
- A warrior
Now
It is all over.
A hard time
I have.
- Song of Sitting Bull
- Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
- What have we done that the American people want us to stop?
- It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
- I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am a chief. My heart is red and sweet, and I know it is sweet because whatever passes near me puts out its tongue to me; and yet you men have come here to talk with us, and you say you do not know who I am. I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit has chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
- First kill me before you take possession of my fatherland.
- God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
Fukuzawa Yukichi