Sitting Bull Thesis
Sitting Bull said “If we must die, we die defending our rights.”(Quotes- sitting bull). Sitting Bull was a Sioux Indian that was willing to die to protect his land and his rights. Sitting Bull shows us that he is a rebel because he united the struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains.
Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in Grand River and he joined his first war party at the age of 14. This battle was a bad one; it was known as the Battle of Little Big Horn and it lasted about 20 minutes of long range shooting. After Red Cloud signed the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868, and then agreed to live on a reservation, Sitting Bull’s influence went do slowly. Three years later they all met again on the hill of Little Bighorn in the battle that
made both men well known. Sitting Bull was not a war leader in that fight but he had predicted that many soldiers would die and his followers believed that his magical powers had caused the victory. Although Sitting Bull lived, a very tough army forced him to move to Canada (Information). In 1881 Sitting Bull returned to the United States where he surrendered and was held as a prisoner at fort Randall witch is South Dakota Territory. After two years he was allowed to live on standing rock reservation where he continued to use his ability’s to keep Sioux lands from being taken by the government. In 1885 he traveled for a while with Buffalo Bill to Cody’s Wild West show. The rise of the ghost dance, a tribal religion that tells that all whites would disappear and dead Indians and buffalos would return, brought him into argument with government officials. He made no effort to end the dancing at Standing Rock. When Indian police were sent to arrest him on December 15, 1890 with other Sioux leaders he soon took his followers to the pristine valleys of the powder and Yellowstone Rivers where buffalo and other game were living. He continually warned his followers that their survival as free Indians depended on the buffalo living. During this time red cloud of the Oglala subtribe was the leader of the Teton’s but Sitting Bulls reputation as a holy man steadily grew (history.com).
When sitting bull had to defend his land and rights he broke many laws. However Sitting Bull showed us that sometimes doing what is right is worth the risk.
Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in Grand River and he joined his first war party at the age of 14. This battle was a bad one; it was known as the Battle of Little Big Horn and it lasted about 20 minutes of long range shooting. After Red Cloud signed the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868, and then agreed to live on a reservation, Sitting Bull’s influence went do slowly. Three years later they all met again on the hill of Little Bighorn in the battle that
made both men well known. Sitting Bull was not a war leader in that fight but he had predicted that many soldiers would die and his followers believed that his magical powers had caused the victory. Although Sitting Bull lived, a very tough army forced him to move to Canada (Information). In 1881 Sitting Bull returned to the United States where he surrendered and was held as a prisoner at fort Randall witch is South Dakota Territory. After two years he was allowed to live on standing rock reservation where he continued to use his ability’s to keep Sioux lands from being taken by the government. In 1885 he traveled for a while with Buffalo Bill to Cody’s Wild West show. The rise of the ghost dance, a tribal religion that tells that all whites would disappear and dead Indians and buffalos would return, brought him into argument with government officials. He made no effort to end the dancing at Standing Rock. When Indian police were sent to arrest him on December 15, 1890 with other Sioux leaders he soon took his followers to the pristine valleys of the powder and Yellowstone Rivers where buffalo and other game were living. He continually warned his followers that their survival as free Indians depended on the buffalo living. During this time red cloud of the Oglala subtribe was the leader of the Teton’s but Sitting Bulls reputation as a holy man steadily grew (history.com).
When sitting bull had to defend his land and rights he broke many laws. However Sitting Bull showed us that sometimes doing what is right is worth the risk.