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On July 18, 2019
Bell Ringer: Surrender of Sitting Bull
Surrender of Sitting Bull
Nathaniel Philbrick recounts the Battle of Little Bighorn, between the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry led by Lt. Col. George Custer and several of the Lakota Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne tribes led by Sitting Bull. General Custer was killed and his forces were severely defeated. This was seen as a major victory for the tribes, but Sitting Bull was forced to surrender 14 years later after the Superintendent of the Standing Rock Sioux Agency ordered his arrest. Sitting Bull was shot and killed that same day in the Grand River area of South Dakota.
Description
Nathaniel Philbrick recounts the Battle of Little Bighorn, between the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry led by Lt. Col. George Custer and several of the Lakota Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne tribes led by Sitting Bull. General Custer was killed and his forces were severely defeated. This was seen as a major victory for the tribes, but Sitting Bull was forced to surrender 14 years later after the Superintendent of the Standing Rock Sioux Agency ordered his arrest. Sitting Bull was shot and killed that same day in the Grand River area of South Dakota (SD).
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What was Sitting Bull's response to Lt. Colonel Custer's cavalry invading the village at Little Bighorn?
- How did Lt. Colonel Custer's invasion end?
- What were the long term effects on the tribe after "Custer's Last Stand"?
- What happened to Sitting Bull after the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Participants
Vocabulary
- Cheyenne
- Crazy Horse
- Custer
- Lakota
- Reservation
- Siege
- Sitting Bull
- Skirmish
- South Dakota History
- Superintendent