The Death of Sitting Bull

 

In the late 1880s, the Ghost Dance movement swept through Native American communities, offering hope of a spiritual renewal that would restore traditional ways and expel white settlers. Sitting Bull, though not a primary leader of the movement, supported its message of cultural revival. On December 15, 1890, Indian Agency police, acting on orders to arrest him, arrived at Sitting Bull’s cabin on the Standing Rock Reservation. The attempt to apprehend him turned violent when his followers resisted. Sitting Bull was shot and killed. He was around 59 years old.  He is buried at Fort Yates, North Dakota.

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