said the 130-year-old war bonnet has 75 eagle feathers representing the number of brave deeds Sitting Bull did in his lifetime and signifying that he was the supreme Sioux chief. ‘‘The ...

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.

Sitting Bull' is a documentary that focuses on the accomplishments of the brave yet humble Lakota chief. It provides a ... A combined force of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors, led ...

In filming this, I really learned a lot about him as a person. I learned how incredibly smart and level-headed he was in an apocalyptic reality,” -- Michael Spears, Bozeman ...

The great-grandson of the legendary Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull has been confirmed as his closest living relative using an innovative new DNA technique applied to hair taken from the Native ...

The western plains produced few nobler redskins than Chief Sitting Bull, last great leader of the Sioux tribes. It was Sitting Bull, driven to recklessness by the perfidy of the U.S. Government, ...

Determined to protect his people’s culture, heritage, and dignity, he was the greatest chief the Lakota ... Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation’.

Sitting Bull and the other Lakotas were then taken and given a private viewing of the Declaration of Independence. The incident upset the Lakota chief. “We don’t know what was said to Sitting ...

One of the most storied rifles in his possession was a Winchester Model 1876 chambered in .45/75 WCF that belonged to the famed Lakota Sioux chief Sitting Bull. Ness had many other significant ...

Born in 1831, Sitting Bull was a chief and medicine man of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux. He united the Sioux tribes and fought against the U.S. government policies and settlers who invaded their ...