Sitanka

…around the Miniconjou Lakota chief Sitanka, also known as Big Foot. However, they surrendered quietly to pursuing troops of the 7th Cavalry on the night of December 28. Following an overnight encampment near Wounded Knee Creek, Sitanka’s group was surrounded and nearly disarmed when a scuffle broke out over a…

Miniconjou Lakota chief Sitanka, known to Euro-Americans as Big Foot, hoped to join those at Pine Ridge and help find a peaceful resolution to this tense matter. Although he was not a Ghost Dancer, many of his people were, and he had been placed on the BIA’s list…