Sitting Bull: the Life and Death of a Native American Chief
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Sitting Bull and the Us. Army in the 18 Forties?
In sitting bull's early, early career, like i said, in the 18 forties and really into the 18 fifties, most of his fighting is with other native nations. Some lakotas take an approach of what i would term accommodation. It's not that they want to become fully assimilated. You don't give up their total waste of life, up their language, give up their culture and become like white americans. The us. Government wanted to move a number ofNative Americans on to reservations. Sitting bello and many others opposed this strategy.
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