The seated bull

He was born in 1831 and was a sacred leader of the Hunkapa Lakota tribe of the Sioux in North America.
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the name of the seated bull.
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In the mid-1870s, gold deposits were discovered in South Dakota.
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However, the land was sacred to the Sioux, something that had been officially recognized by the US government in a treaty in 1868.
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the federal government is reneging on the agreement and allowing gold miners to enter the ancestral lands of the Lakota with their caravans,
overturning the agreement they had made
and
declaring war on any indigenous tribe that would stand in their way!
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The seated bull gathers all the leaders and, after a marathon meeting (36 hours), finally manages to get everyone to agree...
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He thus went down in Native American history as the man who managed to unite all the Sioux and organize resistance against US forces.
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On June 25, 1876, with all the Indians now united under his leadership, they crushed and decimated the American cavalry regiment.
and they also killed the commander—the Indian slaughterer—George Armstrong Custer.
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This is the greatest victory ever achieved by the indigenous people against the US army.
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After this massacre, the US government was so outraged that it ordered thousands of soldiers to rush to the area.
Thus, the seated bull was forced to flee to Canada, along with members of his tribe, in order to save them.
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However
hunger
the dispute with the Canadian government
the famines
and illnesses
forced him four years later to make a deal with the US government
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he would surrender to the authorities and they would allow his tribe to return to the US without bothering them
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So in 1881 he returned to the US, where he was arrested and spent the next two years as a prisoner of war.
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However, in the prison where he is held, he becomes a popular pilgrimage site.
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His reputation is enormous, and white people flock from all over the country to see him.
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The Americans realize they have a gem on their hands and offer him a spot in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, playing himself.
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It's like a circus with riders, horsemen, and America's most skilled markswoman, Annie Oakley, who is known to the sitting bull and connected by friendship.
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Sitting Bull received $50 a week to ride his horse in the arena, an unimaginable amount of money for that time.
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However, it did not last long.
He “threw them away” and returned to his captive tribe, who were already living in disgrace in a state camp.,
saying to the theater manager:
«I would rather die as an Indian than live as a white man.».
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The Americans in the camp where they were held forced them to convert to Christianity.
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however,
When the seated bull returned, he did not embrace Christianity.
continued to observe the customs and traditions of his tribe,
even though he had now accepted the complete domination of white people.
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In 1890, white people ordered his arrest, fearing that he might organize a new wave of resistance, as he had a great influence on the Sioux tribes.
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Today, December 15, 1890, dozens of Indian police officers recruited by the US government enter the camp.
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When he tried to resist, they murdered him.
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The Indian police officer who led the raid on the camp was killed by the Sioux immediately after the arrest and murder of Sitting Bull.
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Since 1953, there has been a monument to the “Sitting Bull” in South Dakota, where he was born.
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The words of the seated bull will always be a punch in the stomach for civilized white people who have class:
“These people (settlers) have many rules that the rich can break, but the poor cannot!
They are asking for our mother, the earth.
If America were twice its size, it would not be enough for them.”

Author of the article:

Yannis Golias