Sitting Bull Thesis

Sitting Bull was a war chief in the Lakota tribe during the 1800s. He was born in 1831 at the Grand River in South Dakota. When he was a child, he was not called Sitting Bull. His name was Jumping Badger but everybody had called him ‘Slow’ at first because they believed that he lacked many skills. It wasn't until he was 14 when he fought in his first battle that they renamed him and started calling him Sitting Bull, like his father.
He had many important roles throughout his lifetime. He was only 25 when he became the leader of the Strong Heart Warrior Society. Sitting Bull was even a member of the Silent Eaters, which was a group that was concerned about tribal warfare. Some virtues that his tribe admired about him was that he was generous and wise, but he was also known for his fearlessness in battle.He helped lead many attacks on enemy tribes which designated him as a tribal war chief in 1857. Sitting Bull had as many as 5 wives over the years, although only his last 2 gave him many children. His son, Crow Foot, and his daughter, Standing Holy, were the children which he favored the most.
The U.S. Army continued to invade the Lakota territory from 1863 to 1868. They mostly invaded their hunting grounds, which

was problematic for the native economy. Sitting Bull’s first encounter with American soldiers was in June, 1863. He fought against the American soldiers a numerous amount of times. He became the first principal chief of the entire Lakota Sioux nation in 1868 because he was widely respected for his bravery and insight.
Sitting Bull refused to attend the peace conference of 1868 to sign the Fort Laramie treaty, so there was a set for war between him and the U.S.

Army in 1874, when General George A Custer said that gold had been discovered in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory. This was a sacred area to many tribes and had always been off-limits to white settlement since the signing of the Fort Laramie Treaty. The government tried to purchase this land, but failed, so the Fort Laramie Treaty was set aside and ordered that all Lakota were to leave their land by January 31, 1867. Sitting Bull refused to leave so he and his tribe stood their ground. They later realized that there were more army men than Lakota, so they joined forces with other

tribes.
Many of Sitting Bull’s followers surrendered as the battles continued, but he defiantly would not capitulate. He led his band across the border into Canada, where they were beyond reach of the U.S. Army in May of 1877. In his later days, Sitting Bull lived in a cabin on the Grand River in Standing Rock, which was near where he had been born. On December 15, 1890, Sitting Bull and his son Crow Foot were killed by Lakota policemen. Sitting Bull was always an influential force among those who followed him, and remained to be that way after his death.