Sitting Bull: the Life and Death of a Native American Chief

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🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Sitting Bull, best known for his initiative and victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn, is a greatly revered Native American Chief. But he was more than a fierce leader of his people. Bestowed the name ‘Sitting Bull’ at only 14 by his father, he showed characteristics of courage, perseverance, and intelligence beyond his years - traits that would come to define him, and the relationship between Native Americans and the US government for generations. In this episode, James from the Warfare Podcast is joined by Professor Jeff Olster, who specialises in the impact of the United States on Native Americans between the 18th to 20th centuries. Together they discuss who Sitting Bull was, the journey that led him to Little Bighorn, and the injustices inflicted upon the Native American people by the US Government.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome to Dance Know's History. He's probably the greatest indigenous
0:05.1	commander, NATO American commander, the US Army faced in the 19th century. He was
0:09.3	some pretty impressive under the 17th and 18th centuries, but in the 19th century
0:13.0	sitting bull became a legend. He's best known for his victory at what Americans
0:20.8	call the battle of Little Big Horn, what the Lakota, Sue, the Northern
0:25.4	Cheyenne, the Arapaho, call the battle of Greasy Grass. Custer's last stand,
0:31.2	when the Seventh Cavalry, regiment of the US Army, was annihilated to hands of
0:37.2	Native Americans. Sitting bull deserves a huge amount of credit for that
0:41.5	victory, but he was so much more than the warrior leader. He was named that 14
0:45.7	by his father because apparently he showed his characteristics even then of
0:49.0	courage, perseverance, but it was also intelligence, contemplation, wisdom
0:54.1	beyond his years. And in this podcast we're running a sibling episode of
0:58.0	Dance Know's History, we've got Warfare with James Rogers. These joined by
1:01.3	Professor Jeff Olster, who specializes in the impact of the United States on
1:06.3	Native Americans between the 18th and 20th centuries. They're going to talk
1:10.2	about sitting bull, they're going to talk about journey to Little Big Horn, what
1:13.7	happened in that battle, and of course what happened in the aftermath, the
1:17.5	injustices inflicted upon the Native American people by successive US
1:23.2	governments. If you want to watch TV shows about American history, we've got plenty
1:27.8	history at TV, we just had our box office blockbuster Don Wildman TV legend
1:32.9	over in the States, they're talking about Pearl Harbor and its impact on his
1:36.3	family, his community, his city, and the US in general. That was for the 18th
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