<P> Sitting Bull ( Lakota : Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake ( txaˈtxə̃ka ˈi. jɔtakɛ ) in Standard Lakota orthography , also nicknamed Húŋkešni ( ˈhʊ̃kɛʃni ) or `` Slow '' ; c. 1831 -- December 15 , 1890 ) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies . He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him , at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement . </P>
<P> Sitting Bull ( Lakota : Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake ( txaˈtxə̃ka ˈi. jɔtakɛ ) in Standard Lakota orthography , also nicknamed Húŋkešni ( ˈhʊ̃kɛʃni ) or `` Slow '' ; c. 1831 -- December 15 , 1890 ) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies . He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him , at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement . </P>
who was the lakota leader who was arrested by the us army
who was the lakota leader who was arrested by the us army
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull