indigenous Americans
type: Concept
narrower: Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull
type: Concept
alternative label: Tatanka Iyotanka
definition: Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanke) (c.1831–1890), a Hunkpapa Sioux, was a major military, spiritual, and political leader of his people in the 1800s. Born near what is now Bullhead, South Dakota, by age twenty-two Sitting Bull was leading raids on the Hunkpapas' enemies as the head of a warrior society called the Strong Hearts. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law; Sitting Bull]
broader: indigenous Americans

people
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Sitting Bull