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Sitting Bull

Lakota chief
Also known as: Tatanka Iyotake
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Sitting Bull (born c. 1831, near Grand River, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota], U.S.—died December 15, 1890, on the Grand River in South Dakota) was a Lakota (Teton) chief under whom the Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) peoples united in their struggle against the encroachment of settlers on the northern Great Plains. As principal chief of the northern hunting Oceti Sakowin, he led forces against the U.S. Army at the Battles of the Rosebud and Little...

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