White Bull
Tribal chief, Person Or Being In Fiction
1849 – 1947
Who was White Bull?
White Bull was the nephew of Sitting Bull, and a famous warrior in his own right. White Bull participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. For years it was said White Bull boasted of killing Lt. George Armstrong Custer at the famous battle. Although, others that knew him say White Bull himself never made that claim but admitted to struggling with Custer.
Born in the Black Hills in South Dakota, White Bull came from a prominent Sioux family. He was the son of Makes Room, a Miniconjou chief and the brother of One Bull. After the battle, White Bull joined his uncle, Hunkpapa Sioux leader Sitting Bull, in fleeing to Canada. Also, young Chief Solomon "Smoke" and Chief No Neck, fled with White Bull and Sitting Bull and their bands to Canada.
White Bull surrendered to government troops in 1876. He eventually became a chief, replacing his father Chief Makes Room upon his death. He acted as a judge of the Court of Indian Offenses, and was a proponent of Lakota land claims in the Black Hills. White Bull and Wendell Smoke took over as the main headmen of Bald people and Short Bald people bands of the Bad Faces after Chief Solomon "Smoke" had died in 1895 at the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. Chief White Bull died in South Dakota in 1947.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1849
Black Hills - Ethnicity
- Sioux
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Dakota
- Died
- Jun 21, 1947
South Dakota
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on July 23, 2013
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