Sitting Bull: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include Stanley Vestal, Sitting Bull, Champion of the Sioux (1932, reissued 1989); and Alexander B. Adams, Sitting Bull: An Epic of the Plains (1973).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Sitting Bull: Last of the Great Chiefs. Aug 10, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 11, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Mary Washington - Great Lives - Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Great Lives - Steven Knight on Sitting Bull. Jul 09, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 20, 2025
Add new Web site: South Dakota Hall of Fame - Legacy Sitting Bull. Dec 06, 2024
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Sitting Bull. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - The Picture Changes Stylistic Variation in Sitting Bull's Biographies (PDF). Jun 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - George Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. May 08, 2024
Added specific accomplishments to the first paragraph. Apr 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Changed “Teton Sioux” to “Lakota” and “Sioux” to “Oceti Sakowin.” Mar 20, 2024
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Sitting Bull. Oct 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Akt� Lakota Museum and Cultural Center - Sitting Bull. Apr 30, 2023
Media added. Dec 20, 2022
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Sitting Bull. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Sitting Bull. Sep 22, 2022
Added cross-references. Jan 12, 2021
Revised the discussion of the Sun Dance. Jan 08, 2020
Changed the characterization of Tatanka Iyotake from "Indian name" to "Lakota." Oct 08, 2019
Media added. Jan 22, 2018
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Sitting Bull. Mar 23, 2017
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Sitting Bull. Feb 17, 2017
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Sitting Bull. May 06, 2014
Add new Web site: The Civil War - Biography of Sitting Bull. May 06, 2014
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Sitting Bull. Jul 16, 2013
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Ta-Tanka I-Yotank. Jul 16, 2013
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Sitting Bull. Jul 16, 2013
"CE 1831" changed to "c. 1831." Dec 22, 2011
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Sitting Bull. Nov 30, 2008
Added new Web site: United States History - Sitting Bull. Nov 30, 2008
Added new Web site: American History - Sitting Bull. Nov 30, 2008
Added new Web site: Historica - Sitting Bull. Nov 30, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS - The West - Biography of Sitting Bull. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS - The West - Biography of Sitting Bull. Jan 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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