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Sitting Bull Thesis

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Vy Pham
Hist 1302
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull, the legendary chief of American Indian, who was described as a great warrior with many great fighting virtues of bravery, strength and insight. People cannot talk about Sitting Bull without mentioning the historic war known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Around 1831, a child was born in Hunkpapa Lakota, a tribe of Sioux residing in Grand River known as present-day Dakota for a very long time. That child was named Jumping Badger by his family; however, because of quiet and , everyone called him “Slow” during the boyhood. At the age of 10, that young boy killed his first buffalo and gave meat away to elders who could not hunt anymore. The next four years, he joined his first war party and struck a Crow warrior with a tomahawk. Celebrating for the child’s bravery and equanimity, the father gave him a name as Tatanka Iyotanka, which meant Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull became the leader of the Strong Heart Society by the age of 25, and soon had a successful war record in fighting against Crows, Blackfeets, Assiniboins, Fladheads and many other enemies. Being extremely famous of courage and fighting skills, his followers always entered the fight with this yelling: “Sitting Bull! I am he.” The reputation of Sitting Bull widely spread with the conflicts between Sioux and US military in Pacific Northern railroad. Meanwhile, he became a holy man and medicine man as well. It was in 1868 when Sitting Bull reached the peak of his fame

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