Sitting Bull was allowed to travel with the permission of the reservation's Indian Agent, and on one of those trips in 1884 he met Annie Oakley, whose marksmanship so impressed the Sioux warrior ...

Sitting Bull refused to comply with the order to come with the police and a group of his supporters gathered to help protect him. When the supporters indicated that they were willing to use force to ...

Object Details Author Rielly, Edward J Subject Sitting Bull 1831-1890 Contents Introduction -- Timeline: events in the life of Sitting Bull -- Born to the Sioux Nation (1831-1845) -- A warrior to be ...

Did You Know That. . .A number of historians have written that Sitting Bull was the most powerful and perhaps famous of all Native American chiefs. From 1868 to 1876, he developed into the ...

Discover the early life of Sitting Bull, one of the most iconic leaders in Native American history. From his origins to the events that shaped him into a legend, this is the first chapter in the ...

DNA from a lock of hair taken from Sitting Bull's body before burial in 1890 has confirmed Ernie LaPointe is the Hunkpapa Lakota leader's great-grandson. Will genetic testing reveal which of ...

By then in his 50s, Sitting Bull made two trips to St. Paul in 1884 — whirlwind tours that were punctuated with press briefings, demonstrations of cigar-rolling and a new device called a ...

One of the refreshing things about “Sitting Bull,” the History Channel’s two-night, four-hour documentary on the Sioux leader, is its attempt at some kind of balance amid the hosannas.

BILLINGS, Mont. - Sitting Bull's four surviving great-grandchildren want the bones of their famous ancestor moved from a cement-clad grave in South Dakota to Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana.

His duties were limited — Sitting Bull rode in the show's opening procession — and he was well compensated, earning 50 dollars a week plus the money he made from selling autographs.