The Great Ones · Indigenous North America
Sitting Bull
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Sitting Bull

c. 1831–1890

Lakota leader and holy man who united nations in resistance.

Sitting Bull (c. 1831–1890) endures among the great of Indigenous North America. Lakota leader and holy man who united nations in resistance.

Across the modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.