A staged sequence of events led to the battle of Little Big Horn in June of 1876. As the buffalo species were being slaughtered in the Great Plains and new railroads barged into Indians' deteriorating homeland, many Native Americans were determined to persevere their traditional way of life. Construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1873 brought about nationwide financial panic, spurring the United States to ov

Many living under the power of Sitting Bull doubted his beliefs of vengeance and followed the laws set by the American Government. Sitting Bull's significance at the Little Bighorn is not incredible bravery or dictating the engagements of soldiers or even inspiring them to challenge. It lay rather in a wise and powerful leadership uniting a powerful union of tribes, one so infused with his rebellious mentality that it could overthrow General Custer and annihilate General Cook. Never had the Lakota succeeded so astonishingly, and never would they again. For that, more than any other chief, Sitting Bull has the key to the components needed in a time of paradox. He kept the Lakota nationhood together with motivation and strategies that no other leader in history can contest. Sitting Bull stood by what he believed in, giving his life up in the end for the struggle of Native American independence.

Sitting Bull gained influence due to the societ

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