Essay Analysis: Sitting Bull and the Sioux Resistance.
The change in Lakota culture during the nineteenth century is best time lined by stages in Sitting Bull's life. At the time of his birth, early in the century, the Lakota's had just become fully mounted on horses and began acquiring guns from tradesman. In his youth, they had little conception of the white mans world. By his 30th birthday however the white mans world began to intrude. As whites steadily moved westward, conflicts increased and a few years later the Hunkpapas added the white man to their list of enemies. The first couple of battles, about 1863-64, the hunk papas saw defeat due to the failure of their traditional battle styles, lack of numbers, and lack of sufficient weapons. Soon after, the Treaty of 1868 split the tribes into two parts: those who chose to live in the Great Sioux reservation, led by Red Cloud, and those chose to fight and live the life of old, led by Sitting Bull. The discovery of gold in the 1870's doomed the Lakota fate. Few last huge battles were fought but the gold rush meant increasing numbers of whites and government support. Finally the Lakotas were all either killed or moved to reservations and their old ways were gone, and reservation life was inevitable. These events show how greatly settlers affected the Indians way of living: as whites became more and more populous for whichever reason the Indian were forced to adapt, fight, and eventually completely change their lives to best suit the white mans wants and needs.
2. The Hunkpapas like all plains Indians fought in a time-honored fashion. Singly and in knots they galloped back and forth, firing arrows and musket balls at the enemy. Sometimes they gathered in bunches for a thrust at over-running their enemies. Each warrior sought to display bravery and glorious acts of war for pride. They only followed a leader when it suited his convenience or inclination.
Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe was the leader of the Ghost Dance. Sitting Bull was known as an outstanding warrior among the Sioux. Among the whites Sitting Bull was known as a "wild" Sioux. ... At first Sitting Bull agreed. ... When Sitting Bull saw them he held back. ...
Some of the more noteworthy Plains Indians were Big Foot, Black Kettle, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Spotted Tail. ... Crazy horse is regarded as the greatest leader of the Sioux and a symbol of their heroic resistance. ... (Bowman, 1995, 601) Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (? ... He was known among the Sioux as a warrior even during his youth. ... (Bowman, 1995, 673) According to fellow tribesmen, the name Sitting Bull suggested an animal possessed of great endurance that planted immovable on its haunches to fight to the death. ...
This success led to his association with Sitting Bull in the Sioux wars of the 1870's. ... After the battle Gall went with Sitting Bull to Canada. ... Sitting Bull was born in 1831. ... Sitting Bull could fight if he had to, though. ... Sitting Bull led a powerful Sioux resistance against the United States" effort to annex the land. ...
They were often divided into three groups; the Lakota, the Cheyenne and the Oglala Sioux. ... The sudden migration infuriated the Sioux, seeing as the Black Hills are a sacred land, thus triggering assaults led by two of the greatest Indian warriors history has ever seen; Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. ... Crazy Horse led the resistance against the United States War Department after it ordered all Lakota bands onto reservations. ... During one of his more epic fights, the Battle of Little Bighorn, Crazy Horse joined with a fellow warrior, Sitting Bull, and defeated the US Civil War hero, Gener...
Utley in 1963 "claiming that God had forgot the Sioux people." ... The chapter opens up as we view wandering natives after the recent assassination of Sitting Bull "a Hunkpapa holy man and chief who led his people during the years of resistance from United States government policies. ... The natives, after a brief resistance, continued on route to the creek in order to maintain peace with these stubborn white men. ... Black Coyote may have been crazy or deaf (we may never know), but his sense resistance increased, although many say he would have put down the rifle if only he could un...
