Sitting Bull (Sioux: Tatanka Iyotake, Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotank, also nicknamed Slon-he or
"Slow"; ca. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man, born near the Grand River in
South Dakota and killed by police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him
and prevent him from supporting the Ghost Dance movement.

He is notable in American and Native American history for his role in the major victory at the Battle of the
Little Bighorn against Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment on June 25, 1876,
where Sitting Bull's premonition of defeating the cavalry became reality. In the months after the battle,
Sitting Bull fled the United States to Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada, where he remained until 1881, at
which time he surrendered to American forces. A small remnant of his band under Chief Wambligi decided to
stay at Wood Mountain. After his return to the United States, he briefly toured as a performer in Buffalo
Bill's Wild West show.

After working as a performer, Sitting Bull returned to the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota. Because of
fears that he would use his influence to support the Ghost Dance movement, Indian Affairs authorities
ordered his arrest. During an ensuing struggle between Sitting Bull's followers and the police, Sitting Bull
was shot in the side and head by police after they were fired upon by his supporters. His body was taken to
nearby Fort Yates for burial, but in 1953, his remains possibly were exhumed and reburied near Mobridge,
South Dakota by Sioux who wanted his body to be nearer to his birthplace. However, some Sioux and historians
dispute this claim and believe that any remains that were moved were not those of Sitting Bull.

Following his death, his cabin on the Grand River was taken to Chicago to become part of the 1893 Columbian
Exhibition. The cabin was exhibited along with Native American dances and a sign that said "War Dance Given
Daily." Later, Sitting Bull became the subject of or a character in several Hollywood motion pictures, such
as Sitting Bull: The Hostile Sioux Indian Chief (1914), Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927),
Sitting Bull (1954), Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), and Bury My Heart
at Wounded Knee (2007).

As time passed, Sitting Bull's legacy became a product of the public's lasting perception of him as an
archetype of Native American resistance movements. Legoland Billund, the first Legoland park, contains a
Lego sculpture of Sitting Bull, which is the largest sculpture in the park. On September 14, 1989, the
United States Postal Service released a postage stamp featuring a likeness of Sitting Bull with a d
enomination of 28¢. On March 6, 1996, the Standing Rock Sioux tribal council voted to rename Standing Rock
College (formerly Standing Rock Community College) as Sitting Bull College in honor of Sitting Bull.