sitting bull

Noun
  1. A chief of the Sioux;
    Took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops;
    He was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890) (synset 111323693)
    is an instance of:
    • hunkpapa - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains
    • indian chief, indian chieftain - the leader of a group of Native Americans

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