Sitting Bull: Rebel Warrior

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Sitting Bull once said, “If we must die, we must die defending our rights.” He would refuse to cooperate with the police and try to fight them because he believed the Tenton Sioux Tribe was not treated fairly. Sitting Bull was considered a rebel warrior because he would fight the white men that put him and his people in reservations.
Sitting Bull was born into the Hunkpapa Lakota division of the Tenton Sioux in 1831 in Grand River, South Dakota. When he was 14 he joined his first war party. A war party is a group of people, usually Native Americans, engaged in fighting or attacking an enemy. He soon gained a reputation for his bravery during battle. Sitting Bull was a tribal leader and the Sioux chief. He helped expand the Sioux hunting grounds