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COMMANDER // 1831–1890

Sitting Bull

traditional leader or chiefUnited States5 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1831 – 1890

184018501860187018801890Sioux Wars · 1854-1891Great Sioux War of 1876 · 1876-1877Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake — July 26, 1863 · Teton and Santee Sioux · Sioux WarsBattle of Killdeer Mountain — July 28, 1864 · Lakota · Sioux WarsBattle of the Badlands — August 7, 1864 · Hunkpapa · Sioux WarsBattle of Cedar Creek — October 21, 1876 · Sioux · Great Sioux War of 1876Battle of the Little Bighorn — June 25, 1876 · Lakota · Great Sioux War of 1876

Active service 1863–1876 — 5 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 32.

Profile

Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police accompanied by U.S. officers and supported by U.S. troops on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement.

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Battles (5)

Last verified June 2026
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