Sitting Bull
A revered political, spiritual, and military leader, Sitting Bull was legendary for his stubbornness and battle prowess as head of the Lakota Sioux in the 1860s. His resistance of U.S. government encroachment onto Native lands and his fight to preserve Sioux culture inspired his people to do the same, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Despite his eventual surrender, Sitting Bull was one of the most influential figures in the history of U.S.-Native American relations. This accessible biography marks the first of several Native American volumes to come in the Greenwood Biographies series and is an essential supplement to any American history or Native American studies curricula.
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Sitting Bull
A revered political, spiritual, and military leader, Sitting Bull was legendary for his stubbornness and battle prowess as head of the Lakota Sioux in the 1860s. His resistance of U.S. government encroachment onto Native lands and his fight to preserve Sioux culture inspired his people to do the same, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Despite his eventual surrender, Sitting Bull was one of the most influential figures in the history of U.S.-Native American relations. This accessible biography marks the first of several Native American volumes to come in the Greenwood Biographies series and is an essential supplement to any American history or Native American studies curricula.
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Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

by Edward J. Rielly
Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

by Edward J. Rielly

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Overview

A revered political, spiritual, and military leader, Sitting Bull was legendary for his stubbornness and battle prowess as head of the Lakota Sioux in the 1860s. His resistance of U.S. government encroachment onto Native lands and his fight to preserve Sioux culture inspired his people to do the same, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Despite his eventual surrender, Sitting Bull was one of the most influential figures in the history of U.S.-Native American relations. This accessible biography marks the first of several Native American volumes to come in the Greenwood Biographies series and is an essential supplement to any American history or Native American studies curricula.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313338090
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/30/2007
Series: Greenwood Biographies
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Edward J. Rielly, Professor of English at St. Joseph's College in Maine, has taught on Western film and the history of the west for many years. He is author of several nonfiction books, including F.Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography (Greenwood 2005), and The 1960s (Greenwood 2003). He has also published 10 books of poetry.

Table of Contents


Series Foreword     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
Timeline: Events in the Life of Sitting Bull     xv
Born to the Sioux Nation (1831-1845)     1
A Warrior To Be Reckoned with (1845-1859)     13
The Holy Man versus the U.S. Government (1851-1867)     27
Failed Peace Efforts (1867-1873)     47
The Path to Little Bighorn (1873-1876)     63
The Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)     75
Exile in Canada (1876-1881)     95
Reservation Life and Show Business (1881-1885)     111
Return to the Spirit World (1886-1890)     123
In Search of Sitting Bull (1890-the present)     139
Bibliography     145
Index     151
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