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Sitting Bull earned his name after a fight with Crow, a traditional enemy of the Sioux. He was a warrior, spiritual leader, and a medicine man. He strongly believed that whites should leave Sioux territory. His most famous battle was at the Little Bighorn River. Sitting Bull surrendered to the federal government in 1881. Native American polic then killed him at the Standing Rock Reservation in December 1890.

"Sitting Bull." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 1 Oct. 2015. . Danzer, Gerald A. //The Americans//. Orlando, Fla.: Holt McDougal ;, 2012. Print.