Sitting Bull

Being an advocate for peace himself Crowfoot eagerly accepted the tobacco peace offering. When crossing the border into Saskatchewan Sitting Bull was met by the Canadian Mounties of the region. forces.

After working as a performer Sitting Bull returned to the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota. Because of fears that he would use his influence to support the Ghost Dance movement Indian Service agent James McLaughlin at Fort Yates ordered his arrest. 1831 – December 15 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies.