In this blog I chose to write about the Sioux tribe aka the Lakota Tribe, whose chief or leader is known to many of us as Sitting bull.
The name Sioux, signifies 'snake,' 'adder,' and, by metaphor, 'enemy.' The Hunkpapa formed in the 1700s after a battle in the south. They were the last tribe to go to the reservations. Sitting Bull was a Lakota Sioux.
Sitting Bull was killed Dec.15th 1890 by Indian agency Police,The tribe later lost their identity and stopped being known as the Hunkpapa as they were so few of them and were just know as Lakota Sioux.
Unfortunately due to the tribe slowly disintegrating now there is not much information on the Hunkpapa Tribe so I will talk about their chief, Sitting Bull and the Lakota Tribe.
Lakota Tribe
The Lakota Tribe is situated in the North par of the United States.
Today there are only 70,000 Lakota Indians located now. The majority of Lakota Indians reside in one of five reservations situated in the Dakota's.
The Lakota Indians are governed by their own set of laws. The tribal group has a separate political system and education system.
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in south Dakota, he is best known as The Lakota chief who beat General Custer at Little Bighorn
As mentioned before Sitting bull was killed on December 15th 1890 by Indian Agency police.
Sitting Bull, the Lakota Medicine Man and Chief was considered the last Sioux to surrender to the U.S. Government. He was considered a very powerful man to his tribe. To other they were considered the enemy and to them selves the were "the Lakota".
Info about Sioux http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/hunkpapahist.htm
Lakota reservations map http://www.snowwowl.com/peoplesioux.html
Sitting bull: http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/sittbull.html
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