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Sitting Bull

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Noun

1. sitting bull

a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)

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Sitting Bull

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noun
Native American name Tatanka Yotanka. ?1831–90, Native American chief of the Teton Dakota Sioux. Resisting White encroachment on his people's hunting grounds, he led the Sioux tribes against the US Army in the Sioux War (1876–77) in which Custer was killed. The hunger of the Sioux, whose food came from the diminishing buffalo, forced his surrender (1881). He was killed during renewed strife

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Sitting Bull

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1834?-90; a principal chief of the Dakota Indians: fought in the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Sitting Bull

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Hunkpapa leader who guided his people to victory against Gen. George A. Custer's cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876).

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