Sitting Bull was born around 1831 into the Hunkpapa people, a Lakota Sioux tribe that roamed the Great Plains in what is now the Dakotas. He was initially called “Jumping Badger” by his family, but earned the boyhood nickname “Slow” for his quiet and deliberate demeanor. The future chief killed his first buffalo when he was just 10 years old. At 14, he joined a Hunkpapa raiding party and distinguished himself by knocking a Crow warrior from his horse with a tomahawk. In celebration of the boy’s bravery, his father relinquished his own name and transferred it to his son. From then on, Slow became known as Tatanka-Iyotanka, or “Sitting Bull.”;Sitting Bull was renowned for his skill in close quarters fighting and collected several red feathers …show more content…
Some even claimed the 45-year-old had once attended the military academy at West Point. But while Sitting Bull was active in protecting the camp’s women and children during the attack, he seems to have left the fighting to the younger men, most of whom battled in disorganized groups. The Indians were no doubt energized by Sitting Bull’s prophecy, but the main heroes on the day were his nephew White Bull and the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, who led a charge that supposedly split the soldiers’ lines in two.After the embarrassment at the Little Bighorn, the U.S. Army doubled down on its efforts to defeat the Plains Indians and force them onto reservations. Sitting Bull refused to submit, however, and in May 1877 he led his followers across the border to the safety of Canada. He would spend the next four years hiding out in the land of the “Grandmother,” as he called Queen Victoria, but the disappearance of the buffalo eventually drove his people to the brink of starvation. Prodded along by the Canadian and American governments, many Sioux refugees abandoned the camp and crossed back into the United States. In July 1881, Sitting Bull and the last holdouts followed suit and surrendered to American authorities in North Dakota. The aging chief spent most of the next two years as a prisoner before being assigned to Standing Rock Agency—the reservation that remained his home for the rest of his
The Battle of the Little Bighorn is a tragic military battle where a commander’s overconfidence, refusal to listen to advisors, and lack of foresight, led to the sacrifice of over 265 Soldiers. Many leaders within the regiment and Soldiers underneath LTC Custer were not convinced of his leadership and often time doubted his decision-making abilities. Yet despite a blatant outburst that saw him temporarily removed as regimental commander by President Grant, LTC Custer moved forward to command the regiment and ultimately met his demise at the Battle of Little Big Horn. LTC Custer routinely showed a careless disregard for the operations process and his recklessness led to his downfall.
In the 2011 fantasy film Sucker Punch, directed by Zack Snyder, is one that illustrates the objectification of women as prostitutes with absurdly fetishizing them in sexualized outfits, heroic fight scenes, and the delusions of escape. Sucker Punch incorporates the ideals of the mother/whore dichotomy, saving and punishing women, and showcases their beautiful bodies. The main character Babydoll is seen as an innocent young female who is thrown into a psychiatric asylum for troubled girls (run entirely by men) and seen as mentally unstable. In the first five minutes of the film she is already
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
Bull Meechem was born in Chicago he married Lillian and then moved down south. When living their Bull was influenced by some aspects of southerners, “You hear me? Keep out of that nigger shit.” Bull Meechem is not really a racist but he has just taken on southern life and believes it’s accepted.
Crazy Horse and his friend Hump did fully obey the treaty. Crazy Horse never listened to the treaty's especially ones that prohibited traditional Sioux life. Crazy Horse became well known throughout the entire Sioux Tribe because of how good a warrior and because of this he was awarded the title of “Shirt Wearer” a term for only the best and bravest fighters. Crazy Horse helped lead the attack against Captain William J. Fetterman who was stationed in a fort that was in Sioux territory Crazy Horse and a few other Sioux taunted Captain William and his troop until they chased after Crazy Horse right into a trap set by the Sioux. William’s ninety men were
Sitting Bull had a vision that the Sioux would win the battle at Little Big Horn,
The life of Sitting Bull was extraordinary; he was a warrior and a great chief of the Sioux people (SV; SV). Sitting Bull was born in March 1831 and lived his whole life in Grand River, South Dakota. He was also the son of an esteemed warrior named Returns-Again. When he was at the age of ten; that is when he killed his first buffalo and then four years later he fought with courage in his first battle (Sitting Bull 1). As he was a little child, him, his dad, his two uncles were icons in their people’s eyes (A, B, C). During his child-hood, his name was Tatakana iyotanka. Later he started to call himself Tatakana yotanka or Jumping Bull (West 30).
Pit Bull-Beauty or Beast? Are pit bulls the best breed of dogs to keep around the house? Pit bulls are the majority of dog attacks that have been covered by news stations. The news coverage has made people really nervous about these animals. People are afraid to let these dogs be around their families and friends.
Chief Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribes knew of the plan and set a trap for the army regiment and killed all of them. This battle was one of the greatest victories for the Native American’s.
George Armstrong Custer was born to Emanuel and Maria Custer in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. Emanuel was a black-smith and farmer by trade. This allowed Custer to learn how to ride horses at a very young age. Custer would ride newly shoed horses around the shop while Emanuel made horseshoes. Custer got the nickname “Autie” as a young boy based off the way he pronounced his middle name, Armstrong. Custer attended school regularly and was known to be very smart. When Custer finished at McNeely Normal School, he accepted a school-teacher position in Cadiz, Ohio in 1856. Custer was enticed by the thought of a free college education and decid...
Lane Frost was born in La Junta, Colorado on October 12, 1963, while his dad was still competing in the rodeo circuit. Lane grew up with a desire to ride bulls. He was showing an interest in the sport as young as 5 months. His mom, Elsie Frost, said that whenever they went to rodeos Lane would always fight to stay awake to watch the bull riding. If they tried to leave before it was over, he would scream and cry and throw a huge fit (Frost 1). At the age of five Lane started riding dairy calves on the family dairy farm in Vernal, Utah. He rode calves and steers when he was younger, entering and competing in any rodeo he could. In 1978, when Lane was 15 years old, his family moved to Lane, Oklahoma. There he began to compete regularly in bull riding, and in 1981 he won the National High School Rodeo bull riding championship. Lane graduated from Atoka High school in 1982. He was offered rodeo scholarships from many different colleges, but he turned them down and decided to pursue a professional bull riding career instead...
This group of soldiers, led by Theodore Roosevelt, was one of the most memorable army units in United States history. Consisting of sheriffs, outlaws, students, and Native Americans this unit was definitely a miss-match of people, yet what they had accomplished brought them fame in America. Fighting in battles like that of Las Guasimas and San Juan Hill had been key points throughout the campaign in Cuba against Spain, and grew the notoriety of the Rough Riders. This reputation would eventually lead the Rough Riders into the history books and Theodore Roosevelt into the White House.
In this book, Robert M. Utley depicts the life of Sitting Bull a Hunkpapa Indian, from when he was born to his death in 1890. Utley shows both the personal life and political life that Sitting Bull endured throughout the years. Utley looks at Sitting Bull's life from both “...the white as well as the Indian perspective. From both, he emerges as an enduring legend and a historical icon, but above all as a truly great human being.” (xvi). To his tribe Sitting Bull was an extraordinary man who was brave and respected, but to many in the US government believed him to be a troublemaker and a coward. Utley works to prove how Sitting Bull was a man who became an American patriot.
The government immediately wanted the land back in exchange for land that they considered useless to them. When the Indians refused to leave, Custer was sent to force them out (Drago, 2008). Military. The Indians were not a conventional military force. Sitting Bull had, in a way, organized a militia to fight for their way of life one last time....
Born in the mid to late 1840’s, he was passed on his fathers’ name of Crazy Horse, which he received for his natural warrior ability. “Crazy Horse was always a stand out, not only in his skills as a warrior but also in terms of his looks and character.”(Famous) Prior to the United States westward expansion, Crazy Horses tribe, the Oglala Lakota Sioux, roamed the Black Hills of the Dakota Territories freely. Gold, raw minerals, and new land to settle would drive the Americans deep into Sioux territory and eventually lead to many battles and many deaths. As a very young boy, he witnessed the brutality of the United Stated Army, when Lieutenant John Grattan rode into their Sioux Camp and started trouble with the tribal chief, who was eventually shot in the back. The Sioux fought back and massacred all 30 United States Army troops. The incident would kick off, what would be known later as, the Sioux Wars. The Grattan massacre would be the first of many massacres at the hands of Crazy Horse and the Sioux. After leading Lieutenant Colonel William J. Fetterman and his soldiers from their fort into a trap and slaughtering every single one of them, the Sioux had established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. The American settlers and military would vacate the lands and posts. Red Cloud, giving them their peace settlement, would sign a peace treaty, but that wasn’t good enough for Crazy Horse. He would continue to fight off American expansion that would ultimately create an alliance between the Sioux and Cheyenne. This alliance would bring about the greats victory for Native Americans at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Teaming up with Sitting Bull, these two would end up killing 231 United States soldiers, including General George