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Can you please consider the Indian Uprising in New Ulm Minnesota , sir ? It is said that the native Americans burned the city to the ground with ONE EXCEPTION ! The German beer brewery called Schell’s ! Many urban legends surrounding this uprising … Thanks for your efforts and most interesting and intriguing videos !!!
My great grandmother was his granddaughter. So I’m directly descended from him. My grandfather who grew up on a reservation has several pictures of him in his house and always talks about how we are descended from him. Never knew much about him so this video is really helpful.
Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Squanto, Sacajawea, Tecumseh , Cochise, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, Crazy Horse, Pocahontas, Pontiac, Black Hawk, Montezuma, Pakal the Great and many, many more. The native peoples of the Americas have such a diverse, unique and interesting history.
@@MP-cl9tw anyone born in the western hemisphere is Native American. The KKK were the first group to start calling us Native American. Christopher Columbus never called us Indian, because there was no country called India in 1492, because India had not yet been colonized by England. India was then known as Hindustan, if Colombus was looking for Hindustan, he would have called us Hindus. Colombus called us Indios, an Italian word. Indios meaning people in with God. My ancestors, treaties, history use Indian. Stop rewriting history and then telling me what I can and can't call myself.
@@TannerWilliam07 I was under the impression he used the term 'Indian' because he thought he had arrived in 'The Indies'. You obviously know more about the subject than I. Where I'm from, calling Native Americans 'Indians' is considered wrong and bordering on being a slur. I am in no way, shape or form trying to rewrite history. I found this video very interesting and was wanting more videos of native leaders and warriors, from all over the world. Not just North America. Thank you for your comments, it's good to learn and see other people's perspectives😀✌🏻
I love Sitting Bull! He became a hero of mine after I did a report on him in the 4th grade. He was a great man who was fearless in battle and a kind soul to his enemies in victory.
Sitting Bull is a Native American legend, still well regarded by said folks for good reason. It’s a shame how natives were treated. The natives are still being marginalized as large oil companies defile their lands.
@@aprilkurtz1589 The Line 3 pipe line in Minnesota had a spill in March. Not an oil spill, but the damn company building it hit an aquifer and spilled over 24 million gallons of water.
I was shocked to discover when I was driving from the Tacoma area to Illinois when I decided to to take the exit for the Little Big Horn site that it was right there off the exit. Usually you have to drive a few miles to get to the area but nope, it’s right there. Me and the kids learned a lot that day and we tried to stop by all the sites along our route. I’m planning a similar trip for my grandkids in a year or so.
“The life my people want is a life of Freedom. I have seen nothing that a White man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.” Sitting Bull
@@heathergarnham9555 Maybe. I like to imagine if I'd have been there I would have done what was necessary, but to be honest nobody knows how they're gonna react until things start to get real.
Mistakes: Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota People were one nation with 3 dialects of the same language. They did not call themselves Sioux which means snake &/or cut throat and was used by their enemies. The nation was divided into tribes, one of which were the Hunkpapa. The largest "political" unit was the band and varied in size and number based on need and time of the year. The "chief" was a leader who was the leader only because people were willing to follow him. If a man wanted to go hunting and other thought they would like to go along, he was a hunt "chief". Some very good leaders like Red Cloud and Crazy Horse were so successful that they attracted followers across tribe and even national lines. As far as I know Sitting Bull never was a chief. He was a spiritual leader (the Lakota forgive me: a "medicine man"). Unlike chief, spiritual leaders were recognized for the spiritual gifts and wisdom and the position was permanent. He was far more than a mere chief.
You are correct. My late husband was 100% Hunkpapa and verified what you said. He was taught spiritual medicine by his grandfather who was born on the res in the 1880's.
@@Truckngirl I'm glad I got that right. As a child, I lived on a Montana cattle ranch. During the summer Dad hired 3 Teton cowboys and their wives. I spent my days with their grandmother and listening to her stories. Most my adult contact with first nations had been with the Cree as employers, friends, coworkers, and family members. (We adopted 4 Cree boys, 2 sets of brothers. They were older adoptions so we encouraged them to keep in contact with their families.)
My wife is Lakota Indian from SD. This is an awesome history lesson. Should check out the Lakota Indian Museum in Chamberlain, SD. Even more info and a great place to vacation. 😮
I am a mixed mutt. Blackfoot and Cheeroke with European. I cannot remember what platform yet if you played Romance of the Three Kingdoms and named it you would get extra stats. Same with other legends. Edit. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were my go to generals. I think it was a SNES game. Then you had Sun Tzu who was the best. I think Abraham Lincoln was one too. You could just dominate with those generals even as stupid as I was. I remember cheering in a tiger fight AND THE GENERAL lost! Gah.
The Dakota 38 execution he mentioned is the largest mass execution in US history. The memorial is next to an overpass sandwiched between the Minnesota river, a railroad, and the main Street of Historic Downtown Mankato. I remember learning about the event in middle school and being surprised by how underwhelming the memorial was when I went to that city for college.
I grew up in Mankato, graduated HS in 1981. We were taught NOTHING about the war or execution in school. There were hushed rumors os the “Sioux Uprising,” and of the execution, but nothing formal, and nothing about what had sparked it.
There is a ride from Dakota, S or N I cannot remember, to Mankato held in memoriam every year. I have lived in St. Peter, which is close to Mankato, almost all my life.. and yes, I was taught nothing about it as well. Unless we passed by it as a kid and my father would mention it. More recently my father had talked more about it to me, as he has been embracing his Ojibwe heritage within the last decade or so. Quite a sad story behind that, as well as the execution itself of course..
Of course it's small. They're war criminals and killed hundreds of civilians. It's not something that should be celebrated. 5 miles away from my house a family of 5 with 3 girls under 10 years old were butchered in the conflict. It would be insulting to give their killers a memorial.
@Get your Free Abortion Money, America: ONLY HOES Sitting Bull wasn't a misogynistic human. Not even close. Nobody Sioux is. Neither are Cherokee, Seminoles, and most other Native Americans. It's really refreshing to have friends who, as a tradition, have never considered any gender above another, everyone's the same. You should read more native history, or better yet, find more native friends.
@Get your Free Abortion Money, America: ONLY HOES You were saying you don't support cry babies and that, and this is a video about Sitting Bull, so I assumed you were talking about Sitting Bull. Was this not the case. I men, he could do a video about you, and then we could all talk about you.
@no step on snek! All the ones I've met aren't. Granted, that isn't all of them, I live around a lot of Cherokees, and had a boss who was Cherokee. In Florida I worked at sewing for a shop that was owned by Seminoles, and they were all OK with a matriarchy. But I've read that Sitting Bull, remember Sitting Bull, the guy the video is about that we are commenting on? Sitting Bull was very encouraging to the white women he met who weren't accustom to men who were considerate to them. Just sayin what I've scene, you can do whatever.
Every tribe is. I'm Navajo. And my people, all our people are persecuted. Our skin color, our culture, our religion ? All laws, regulations written into history and its shameful, its dishonorable, to me as a Dińe.
@@enrique4459 that makes them persecuted? Leaving all the garbage, tents, litter, bathroom mess for them to clean up seems more appropriate than the actual pipe line itself!
i live in rapid city south dakota and the Lakota people live all around. Their culture is so fascinating and their people are very respectful. Love hearing about their history
On my way to getting a virtually useless Botany degree, I learned lots of interesting(to me)tidbits. One of the reasons Custer went down to a well deserved defeat was the soil in the area. On his way to Little Big Horn, Custer's horses and mules started becoming sick. Enough of them died that he sent for reinforcements of stock. The reason for these illnesses and deaths was the high amount Selenium in the soil, which made it into the grasses and shrubs the stock was browsing on. The extra stock and men arrived too late. The only plants that do well in high Selenium soils are ones that evolved in the area. Might have been another reason Sitting Bull didn't want to farm there; the food grown in it would be of a meagre amount at best, and it would be toxic. Selenium toxicity might have been reason the tribes in the area moved around a lot, too.
@@semaj_5022 I should have phrased it better. A Botany degree is useless, financially. It is invaluable to me because it's something I've been interested in my whole life. I'd have to go back to school, get a couple of Master's degrees, then start on a PhD. to be taken seriously. It's a crowded field, believe it or not. Pun not intended but it works.
@@aprilkurtz1589 ah okay, I totally get it. Honestly it's kind of surprising, but also not at the same time. Plants are fucking fascinating. I can see a good number of people wanting to study and work with them. That is a *lot* of school though, no matter how you slice it.
That is cool. I always love facts like this. I learnt more from this comment than the video, it's a great video but it's stuff I already knew. Didn't expect to learn about grass or selenium levels n it's effect on non local species of flora n fauna. Man it's cool how interesting random people can be. Thanks for that info.
He's currently resting about 65 miles from where I'm at. After all the times his bones were dug up and stolen and stolen back a few times, they encased the bones in concrete. That's local legend anyway
Yes they should tell children how helpful the black " buffalo soldiers" were in the white man's effort to eradicate the indians , I heard they were fearless warriors ?
It’s a fascinating and sad story! From a young age I’ve always been interested by the Native tribes of North America. Even though i live in the Netherlands.
As someone who grew up in the US educational system, I always “cried foul” when learning about the Native Americans according to US History taught in schools. They totally glossed over how the events of those times REALLY went down.
I was very fortunate to be able to hear the true history of our nation while I was in school, we didn't read from the history books that we were given. So many great field trips to see historical places and museums.
A great video indeed. My wife (who is Lakota) loves to learn as much about her heritage as possible. She grew up in Detroit, after her grandmother left the reservation in North Dakota, with her mother & grandmother passed on she tries to learn so much from her uncle and whatever Information is out there. Our Heritages are something we want to pass on to our children one day, and videos like this one are a great help, and very entertaining. 👍🏻 Much love from Minnesota
Go quickly, friend. Although the Flesh of many people remain, the Culture of each one bleeds away into the Void constantly. Many, through necessity, combine their history with other Tribes and Nations, trying to save the crumbs that have been passed down. Too many are already gone, never to be recovered. And that's just Native North Americans.
@@benjaminforman8901 this is unfortunately true, I live in a area that has a huge Indian population and I've been around the culture and traditions my entire life. It is sad to see some of traditions fade into obscurity. There is a guy that I talk to all the time and his name is "blue jay" he is in his 70s and he has some amazing stories and has taught me alot and he has told me how alot of the traditions and cultural aspects have faded
Between 1492 and the American Revolution, the indigenous population in North America declined by 90%. In 1491 Native people controlled all of the 2.4 billion acres that would become the United States of America. Native Americans now control about 56 million acres, roughly 2 percent.
A suggestion for you Black Elk, he was another leader of the Lakota, he was a child when the Battle of Greasy Grass happened. There is a great book called When Black Elk Speaks (I think).If I remember right the book is written is first person, it was from an interview.
You are correct. Black Elk Speaks is a fascinating read. The man himself had insight that every generation can learn from. Timeless wisdom. Joseph Campbell was a fan
2:30 your dot is off by quite a ways. Miles City is where the Tongue River enters the Yellowstone. That dot's really close to Roy, MT Which is 200 miles from Miles city and maybe 100 - 150 from the Yellowstone if you go as the crow flies.
I'd really like to see bio's on Peacemaker, Big Bear, Gabriel Dumont and Louis Riel as well as the northwest and red river rebellions. They're only widely taught in schools in Saskatchewan and Manitoba but I think the broader audience would find their stories incredibly interesting. I realize this is going to be lost in the void but maybe the community will find and boost this enough.
The Oka crisis and Standing rock would be crazy vids too. Whenever I talk about these instances people think they were forever ago but they were in our lifetimes.
Interesting listening to someone sum up events that I feel very connected to. There’s so much room to expand upon, but it’s a welcome introduction to this part of history.
I have hunted on Standing Rock many times. I always think of the Sioux hunters that hunted these lands before me. I also enjoy seeing the Hugh Glass memorial outside of Lemon SD. There were far tougher men than me on those lands.
I've spent my COVID quarantine growing out my beard, so after seeing so many of your plugs for it, I decided to check out your Beard Blaze oil and get some shipped out to me in Vietnam!
I have a love/ hate relationship that the villains won. I love because usually the heroes win and it subverts that expectation BUT so many people died and I absolutely hate that. Like, there are barely any Native Americans left and that fucking sucks.
Actually, there are several millions living in the U.S. The estimated Native American population in 2019 was more than 2.75 million and Arizona's Navajo Tribe, with whom I am most familiar (I lived near the reservation most of my life) is increasing in number. Unfortunately unemployment and poverty is rampant and many living on the reservation have neither electricity or running water. Lots of injustices both past and present.
I don't think we should consider the non-native version the "official version." We should call it like it is. Both sides have versions of what happened. The colonizers version is the one that we have documented, because it was then taught to the rest, then forcefully taught to the indigenous children when they were stripped from their homes and cultures to be taught the same information and Catholicism, and whole tribes, cultures, and languages, were lost forever. Archaeologists are finding small pieces of things that indigenous people have told them for centuries. As someone who grew up in Britain, this shouldn't be a foreign concept.
After living in the middle of Paiute reservations out in Nevada, and hearing a fair deal of the Wovoka lore, I enjoy seeing his name pop up unexpectedly.
Two great native leaders that'd make a great video: Magnas Coloradas, "red sleeves", an Apache chief who def didn't surrender. Fought Americans and Mexicans to protect apache territory Tsiyo Gansini, (He who is dragging his canoe, or dragging canoe) he was kicking white ass around the American revolution, he united my tribe around the fire (it's a tradition, don't know if he started it or not) and danced to death. I kid you not.
@@Replicaate Cherokee, before the trail of tears shattered much of the bond between the seven clans. There are blue face, wolf, deer, long hair, wild potato (it's hard to translate), paint, and bird clan. Dragging canoe United them around the fire, danced to death, and actually in 2012 they had the Fire again. Wish I could've gone :,)
@@keatoncampbell820 That sounds like it would've been incredible and very emotionally charged to attend. I'm glad that such an event could be held when it was, though - the 'rona has kinda put a damper on powwow season and here in a city with a pretty big indigenous population and it's hitting people hard. Even if as a white Canadian I've got kinda no stake in it, I know how important this is to people especially now.
How about doing Biographics video on Polish general and national hero Kościuszko who fought in American uprising and has the Australia's highest mountain named after him?
2:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years 4:30 - Chapter 2 - Hostilities begins 7:10 - Chapter 3 - 1st fights 11:25 - Chapter 4 - The great sioux war 14:10 - Chapter 5 - The battle of little bighorn 18:45 - Chapter 6 - There's no business like show business
Sadly the battle of Little Bighorn was a short lived victory for the Native Americans that definitely didn’t do them any good in the long term. Similar to Hannibal’s victory over the Romans at the battle of Cannae.
I'm Navajo, and Sitting Bull is my people's greatest hero and teacher. He maybe a different tribe, he's Lakota. We are all family on this Mother Earth. And the way the government killed him.. it's shameful and unforgivable. And the way they slaughtered innocent children, women and men at Wounded Knee.. is shameful.
I love the fighting spirit and nature nearly all native americans have and I pray everyone somehow learn to live and love as much as you and every tribe still existing.
I'm no expert in north american indigenous histories but I do know more than most, but I realized how little I really knew about Sitting Bull. I knew he fought the US government and that he was in the Buffalo Bill show in his old age, but that was about it. I had no idea he was basically just shot dead by frontier cops - a sad end for such a valiant and stubborn warrior, but at least he went down fighting. Also I wonder if you could do some bios of some notable indigenous figures from Canadian history - Joseph Brant/Thayendanegea would be a good place to start. Or Tecumseh, the Mohawk ally commander in the 1812 war.
It is extremely impressive that the Sioux were able to defeat the US Army on several occasions. Even with the numerical superiority. I would like to know more about Sitting Bull’s experience on the battlefield, did he command, his tactics etc. It’s also a real shame that Custer is defined by his loss at Little Bighorn. He shouldn’t have left the two Gatling guns behind. He was a truly amazing soldier, some of the attacks he led during the Civil War are absolutely amazing.
I'm glad you tolbut d the true story of Sitting Bull. We get the wrong impression of him from the musical ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and his time at Buffalo Bill's Wide West Show. He was friends with Annie Oakley but they didn't sat anything about his later life, He only did it to male needed money.
You were miss pronouncing his name, the second word does not have an L in it, and more accurately means, buffalo bull he is sitting down, I am Lakota, but I come from Pine Ridge reservation, and a lot of his descendants were sent down here, my family has been on our reservation down here for about four generations. We originally come from what is presently Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River reservation, I also have some relatives on standing rock reservation, which is where grandpa sitting bull actually comes from. Well where his people come from.
I don't mean to be a nitpicker because I have nothing but respect for mr. Whistler and this channel, however people often refer to the American "Buffalo" a buffalo when in fact it is a bison.
Native American history is truly interesting! But it's sad to know that the US government never learned to respond with proper diplomacy and respect for other beings, instead always choosing to use violence at the slightest perceived offence. So much power, yet so little responsibility taken.
i'm not sure I would have segued so quickly into "So I hope you enjoyed this video" right after describing Sitting Bull's assassination, and the Wounded Knee massacre of women & children
Sitting Bull didn't participate in the Little Bighorn battle as he was recuperating from the Sundance ceremony. Not only did he have to dance for several days straight, he had to remove 50 pieces of flesh from each arm before he was deemed worthy to receive a prophetic vision from the Great Spirit. The one he received was of American troops falling headfirst from the sky into the village, with their boots pointed up, a sign of victory in the upcoming battle with the 7th Calvary.
Such a nice show, I've been to the Little Bighorn Battle field many times and still have friends among the Crow Indians there, it's too bad the native American Indian has been treated the way they have been
There was a painter he befriended named Caroline Weldon; there was even a movie made about their friendship entitled Woman Walks Ahead, and Jessica Chastain was cast as Caroline.
I had a ancestor who fought with the calvary against the natives during the great plains wars. He left some journals that the family passes down and he seemed very morally low during the whole thing.
My great grandmother, a Cherokee woman raised on a reservation, married the son of a calvary officer who fought in the Indian wars. I got to hear lots of stories from both of them when I was a child growing up in the 1970's. They both lived well into their 90's. It was all infuriating and made me not much fun to be around if any kids wanted to play "cowboys and indians" 😂😂
Wow! Sitting Bull is an amazing chief! It's a terrible shame that he and the other Native American people had lived and still live rather tragic lives! My heart goes out to them. I can only hope the Native Americans never forget who they are and never forget that they have an important place in history! ❤
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Can you please consider the Indian Uprising in New Ulm Minnesota , sir ?
It is said that the native Americans burned the city to the ground with ONE EXCEPTION !
The German beer brewery called Schell’s !
Many urban legends surrounding this uprising …
Thanks for your efforts and most interesting and intriguing videos !!!
Can't we develop a game called "Peace on Earth?"
@@judithsmith9582
Yeah , really !!!
Please do Haile Selassie next
How about tossing in Global Warming?? It is well modeled and the US military makes it the biggest factor... let me know when there is a verison.
My great grandmother was his granddaughter. So I’m directly descended from him. My grandfather who grew up on a reservation has several pictures of him in his house and always talks about how we are descended from him. Never knew much about him so this video is really helpful.
cool, it must be a honor to be related to a brave man, that dared to fight brutal government policies
There's no way. Wow. Which cool person from history am I descended ffom?......................😒
My daughter is ur family wow
Wow! That’s awesome!!
Hihanni was'te cousin 🤗
Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Squanto, Sacajawea, Tecumseh , Cochise, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, Crazy Horse, Pocahontas, Pontiac, Black Hawk, Montezuma, Pakal the Great and many, many more. The native peoples of the Americas have such a diverse, unique and interesting history.
and all wanted peace, but a common enemy didnt want that
Give Us Liberty or Give Us Death' A true American! All Native Americans Patriots for cause of Freedom!!!!
My great-great-great-grandfather was Rising wolf Hugh Munro was his given name Amazing Stories from those times
@@0fficialdregs That's a strech. They were not really peaceful to each other.
@@0fficialdregs Montezuma wanted human sacrifice, not peace lmao.
More biographics of native leaders and warriors please!
Indian*
@@TannerWilliam07 It's Native American. Christopher Columbus called the natives Indian.
@@MP-cl9tw anyone born in the western hemisphere is Native American. The KKK were the first group to start calling us Native American.
Christopher Columbus never called us Indian, because there was no country called India in 1492, because India had not yet been colonized by England. India was then known as Hindustan, if Colombus was looking for Hindustan, he would have called us Hindus. Colombus called us Indios, an Italian word. Indios meaning people in with God.
My ancestors, treaties, history use Indian. Stop rewriting history and then telling me what I can and can't call myself.
@@TannerWilliam07 I was under the impression he used the term 'Indian' because he thought he had arrived in 'The Indies'. You obviously know more about the subject than I.
Where I'm from, calling Native Americans 'Indians' is considered wrong and bordering on being a slur.
I am in no way, shape or form trying to rewrite history. I found this video very interesting and was wanting more videos of native leaders and warriors, from all over the world. Not just North America.
Thank you for your comments, it's good to learn and see other people's perspectives😀✌🏻
@@TannerWilliam07
There is no god, so stop telling me what I can call myself.
I love Sitting Bull! He became a hero of mine after I did a report on him in the 4th grade. He was a great man who was fearless in battle and a kind soul to his enemies in victory.
Sitting Bull is a Native American legend, still well regarded by said folks for good reason. It’s a shame how natives were treated. The natives are still being marginalized as large oil companies defile their lands.
This! The same people, still in the dakotas, are currently watching the Dakota access pipeline being built across their water supply.
@@mrhanekoma86 The newly built pipeline has already experienced more than a few leaks.
@@aprilkurtz1589 The Line 3 pipe line in Minnesota had a spill in March. Not an oil spill, but the damn company building it hit an aquifer and spilled over 24 million gallons of water.
It's not just the Dakota, my people are fighting mining companies over oak flat in Arizona.
@@christinebenson518 I predict with absolute certainty an environmental disaster of epic proportion soon. It's a shame.
I was shocked to discover when I was driving from the Tacoma area to Illinois when I decided to to take the exit for the Little Big Horn site that it was right there off the exit. Usually you have to drive a few miles to get to the area but nope, it’s right there. Me and the kids learned a lot that day and we tried to stop by all the sites along our route. I’m planning a similar trip for my grandkids in a year or so.
Went on a cross-country road trip to go to California with my friends in the Midwest. We stopped at Little Bighorn. I’m glad We did
I'm a descendent of Chief Little Crow, it was awesome to hear about him. Would love to see a video about him one day.
Wont happen. Learn you're own herritage and tell the story
“The life my people want is a life of Freedom. I have seen nothing that a White man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.”
Sitting Bull
@F. Bev. what how is this xenophobic?
Seems the us govt still feels as if freedom is not real.
If a white man said that about our countries, we would be called racist. Why didn’t sitting bull want diversity? I thought it’s a strength?
His not wrong ….
Patriotic
I remember that after the movie "Little Big Man" came out, a bumper sticker became hugely popular, that said "Custer Had It Coming".
He did though, man was a bell end both as a human being and a military commander.
@@dexocube Agreed. Probably not the jibbering idiot he was portrayed to be in the film but yeah, he had it coming.
He had it coming all along, if you had been there,if you had seen it. I betcha you would have done the same.
@@heathergarnham9555 Maybe. I like to imagine if I'd have been there I would have done what was necessary, but to be honest nobody knows how they're gonna react until things start to get real.
My aunt let me see that movie over 20 years ago good memories
Shoutout to all my natives, we finally got one from goat Simon
We need more movies to celebrate Native American Legends. Or Even a Super Hero one, like those of Black Panter.
Amen
He did one of Moctezuma and i think maybe Nezahualcóyotl
Hitcha
@@my_other_side473 look up "Red Wolf"
Mistakes: Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota People were one nation with 3 dialects of the same language. They did not call themselves Sioux which means snake &/or cut throat and was used by their enemies. The nation was divided into tribes, one of which were the Hunkpapa. The largest "political" unit was the band and varied in size and number based on need and time of the year. The "chief" was a leader who was the leader only because people were willing to follow him. If a man wanted to go hunting and other thought they would like to go along, he was a hunt "chief". Some very good leaders like Red Cloud and Crazy Horse were so successful that they attracted followers across tribe and even national lines. As far as I know Sitting Bull never was a chief. He was a spiritual leader (the Lakota forgive me: a "medicine man"). Unlike chief, spiritual leaders were recognized for the spiritual gifts and wisdom and the position was permanent. He was far more than a mere chief.
You are correct. My late husband was 100% Hunkpapa and verified what you said. He was taught spiritual medicine by his grandfather who was born on the res in the 1880's.
Oh thanks for that clarity. I really appreciate it. I heard "Sioux " was a derogatory word but I never knew what it meant. Thanks again.
@@Truckngirl I love that.... "Hunkpapa". I've never heard of it/ the tribe, before but if papa is a hunky than AWESOME.
@@Truckngirl I'm glad I got that right. As a child, I lived on a Montana cattle ranch. During the summer Dad hired 3 Teton cowboys and their wives. I spent my days with their grandmother and listening to her stories. Most my adult contact with first nations had been with the Cree as employers, friends, coworkers, and family members. (We adopted 4 Cree boys, 2 sets of brothers. They were older adoptions so we encouraged them to keep in contact with their families.)
Don't even get me started on "teton"
My wife is Lakota Indian from SD. This is an awesome history lesson. Should check out the Lakota Indian Museum in Chamberlain, SD. Even more info and a great place to vacation. 😮
I am a mixed mutt. Blackfoot and Cheeroke with European.
I cannot remember what platform yet if you played Romance of the Three Kingdoms and named it you would get extra stats. Same with other legends.
Edit. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were my go to generals. I think it was a SNES game. Then you had Sun Tzu who was the best. I think Abraham Lincoln was one too.
You could just dominate with those generals even as stupid as I was. I remember cheering in a tiger fight AND THE GENERAL lost! Gah.
I worked in ND,SD . Absolutely beautiful country . Very nice people .
@@dianapennepacker6854 lmfaooooo have you ever been on a rez? We are very welcoming.
Every American should go there to pay their respects to the true Americans…
Hey, hihanni was'te! I'm a cousin somewhere back.
The Dakota 38 execution he mentioned is the largest mass execution in US history. The memorial is next to an overpass sandwiched between the Minnesota river, a railroad, and the main Street of Historic Downtown Mankato. I remember learning about the event in middle school and being surprised by how underwhelming the memorial was when I went to that city for college.
I wonder if that's where 'The Simpsons' got that joke with the monument to the lost hats...
I grew up in Mankato, graduated HS in 1981. We were taught NOTHING about the war or execution in school. There were hushed rumors os the “Sioux Uprising,” and of the execution, but nothing formal, and nothing about what had sparked it.
There is a ride from Dakota, S or N I cannot remember, to Mankato held in memoriam every year.
I have lived in St. Peter, which is close to Mankato, almost all my life.. and yes, I was taught nothing about it as well. Unless we passed by it as a kid and my father would mention it.
More recently my father had talked more about it to me, as he has been embracing his Ojibwe heritage within the last decade or so. Quite a sad story behind that, as well as the execution itself of course..
Of course it's small. They're war criminals and killed hundreds of civilians. It's not something that should be celebrated.
5 miles away from my house a family of 5 with 3 girls under 10 years old were butchered in the conflict. It would be insulting to give their killers a memorial.
i think a crowdfunding campaign should be started to big a bigger, better memorial.
Sitting Bull is *the* Native American chief, even as a kid growing up in Sweden I knew about him.
Short of Pocahontas? He is probably the most well known for his name? Shout out to Tecumseh who I never hear about.
I just read about Little Big Man.
@Get your Free Abortion Money, America: ONLY HOES Sitting Bull wasn't a misogynistic human. Not even close. Nobody Sioux is. Neither are Cherokee, Seminoles, and most other Native Americans. It's really refreshing to have friends who, as a tradition, have never considered any gender above another, everyone's the same. You should read more native history, or better yet, find more native friends.
@Get your Free Abortion Money, America: ONLY HOES You were saying you don't support cry babies and that, and this is a video about Sitting Bull, so I assumed you were talking about Sitting Bull. Was this not the case. I men, he could do a video about you, and then we could all talk about you.
@no step on snek! All the ones I've met aren't. Granted, that isn't all of them, I live around a lot of Cherokees, and had a boss who was Cherokee. In Florida I worked at sewing for a shop that was owned by Seminoles, and they were all OK with a matriarchy. But I've read that Sitting Bull, remember Sitting Bull, the guy the video is about that we are commenting on? Sitting Bull was very encouraging to the white women he met who weren't accustom to men who were considerate to them. Just sayin what I've scene, you can do whatever.
@Get your Free Abortion Money, America: ONLY HOES Adn even in death he'll be greater then you will ever be in life. Don't you agree? ;)
The Lakota still one of the most persecuted tribes in the USA, may they stand strong forever.
Every tribe is. I'm Navajo. And my people, all our people are persecuted. Our skin color, our culture, our religion ? All laws, regulations written into history and its shameful, its dishonorable, to me as a Dińe.
How are the Lakota still being persecuted?
@@Cabledeluz1977 the pipe line built in their water supply that defiles what is supposed to be THEIR land.
@@enrique4459 that makes them persecuted?
Leaving all the garbage, tents, litter, bathroom mess for them to clean up seems more appropriate than the actual pipe line itself!
@@lonewolfgamingplus379 Much respect to you and the Navajo. I grew up on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma and know the feeling.
Could you do one on Queen Liliuokalani the last Queen of Hawaii before being annexed by the US?
i live in rapid city south dakota and the Lakota people live all around. Their culture is so fascinating and their people are very respectful. Love hearing about their history
The genocide of the Native Americans is the greatest crime in human history, and it continues to this day
@@texajp1946 It really makes you wonder what the north america could’ve been without all the colonization of their land.
@Wpz Rpd thats very possible but i doubt to they would completely change each other’s way of life.
@Wpz Rpd Having wars doesnt mean genocide. Europe had multiple wars but theyre still around
@@texajp1946 That says a lot for a country that also abducted natives of a different continent and forced them into slavery
On my way to getting a virtually useless Botany degree, I learned lots of interesting(to me)tidbits. One of the reasons Custer went down to a well deserved defeat was the soil in the area. On his way to Little Big Horn, Custer's horses and mules started becoming sick. Enough of them died that he sent for reinforcements of stock. The reason for these illnesses and deaths was the high amount Selenium in the soil, which made it into the grasses and shrubs the stock was browsing on. The extra stock and men arrived too late.
The only plants that do well in high Selenium soils are ones that evolved in the area. Might have been another reason Sitting Bull didn't want to farm there; the food grown in it would be of a meagre amount at best, and it would be toxic. Selenium toxicity might have been reason the tribes in the area moved around a lot, too.
This is super interesting, thanks! Mind if I ask why you say the botany degree is virtually useless?
@@semaj_5022 I should have phrased it better. A Botany degree is useless, financially. It is invaluable to me because it's something I've been interested in my whole life. I'd have to go back to school, get a couple of Master's degrees, then start on a PhD. to be taken seriously. It's a crowded field, believe it or not. Pun not intended but it works.
@@aprilkurtz1589 ah okay, I totally get it. Honestly it's kind of surprising, but also not at the same time. Plants are fucking fascinating. I can see a good number of people wanting to study and work with them. That is a *lot* of school though, no matter how you slice it.
That is cool. I always love facts like this. I learnt more from this comment than the video, it's a great video but it's stuff I already knew.
Didn't expect to learn about grass or selenium levels n it's effect on non local species of flora n fauna.
Man it's cool how interesting random people can be.
Thanks for that info.
I had never known this bit of information. I knew the troops were sick and their animals but not why.
Sitting Bull, in today’s lingo, was a bad ass…
TOTAL BAD ASS!
Hands down...🤝
A badass, and a hero.
@@ajstevens1652 That part… 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
A mad lad
He's currently resting about 65 miles from where I'm at. After all the times his bones were dug up and stolen and stolen back a few times, they encased the bones in concrete. That's local legend anyway
All this history. Just glanced over in school. This needs to change.
Yes they should tell children how helpful the black " buffalo soldiers" were in the white man's effort to eradicate the indians , I heard they were fearless warriors ?
I feel like the 19th century is not explored in great depth. It was not in my school, that's for sure.
@@powderstone8187 " history is written by the winners " Napoleon
@@smithjohn9620 Lmao idk if committing genocide on children post peace treaty because you couldn't physically take the land can be called "winning".
@@levz360 yes that is called winning, sorry if that upset you
Great channel brother,
Hello from Ireland 🇮🇪
It’s a fascinating and sad story!
From a young age I’ve always been interested by the Native tribes of North America. Even though i live in the Netherlands.
Same. I'm not American but have always wished for more history on "New World" native cultures.
@@ajstevens1652 i know what you mean.
Like what happened before the colonists arrived.
@@Jari-95 Check out 500 nations, can be a bit hard to find in it's totality but it's on the internet, 8 or 9 hours about different native tribes.
the best sources of indigenous history are from indigenous people. check out "the journey of crazy horse" by joseph marshall. a great example
Thank you so much for that video. American schools do a terrible job of teaching us about Native Americans.
The also do a crappy job of teaching African American history
They do that so you won't learn how to resist.
@@schanataylor2067 seriously lol
As someone who grew up in the US educational system, I always “cried foul” when learning about the Native Americans according to US History taught in schools. They totally glossed over how the events of those times REALLY went down.
Of course, same as we see today, the Government can do no wrong. =p
They gloss over and white wash quite a bit, and republicans are trying to make it worse with so called “patriotic education” and the war on “CRT”
@@texajp1946 because CTR is completely insane and racist
I was very fortunate to be able to hear the true history of our nation while I was in school, we didn't read from the history books that we were given. So many great field trips to see historical places and museums.
Lane Henkle awww you fell for the CRT right wing propaganda, just teaching about the racist history of usa is not CRT
How about doing a episode on Crazy Horse.
A great video indeed. My wife (who is Lakota) loves to learn as much about her heritage as possible. She grew up in Detroit, after her grandmother left the reservation in North Dakota, with her mother & grandmother passed on she tries to learn so much from her uncle and whatever Information is out there. Our Heritages are something we want to pass on to our children one day, and videos like this one are a great help, and very entertaining. 👍🏻
Much love from Minnesota
Sitting Bull a true legendary hero not celebrated anywhere near enough
Native Americans are my second favorite group of peoples. I want to meet one of them one day. From a Filipino. Natives❤️🇵🇭
Go quickly, friend. Although the Flesh of many people remain, the Culture of each one bleeds away into the Void constantly. Many, through necessity, combine their history with other Tribes and Nations, trying to save the crumbs that have been passed down. Too many are already gone, never to be recovered. And that's just Native North Americans.
@@benjaminforman8901 this is unfortunately true, I live in a area that has a huge Indian population and I've been around the culture and traditions my entire life. It is sad to see some of traditions fade into obscurity. There is a guy that I talk to all the time and his name is "blue jay" he is in his 70s and he has some amazing stories and has taught me alot and he has told me how alot of the traditions and cultural aspects have faded
Who’s your favorite group of people?
@@motherrussia6251 Armenians and Assyrians are my favorites
@@harveymogarawanderingfilip5318 nice, is there a favorite tribe you like or you just like all the tribes equally?
Between 1492 and the American Revolution, the indigenous population in North America declined by 90%. In 1491 Native people controlled all of the 2.4 billion acres that would become the United States of America. Native Americans now control about 56 million acres, roughly 2 percent.
yeah, not surprising at all, these men and women were not used to the same kind of diseases Europeans carried unknowingly.
Your numbers are way off bud.
@@darthinkarnatus7264 give correct numbers then... and sourced, please.
2 percent too much
Yeah Lakotas, Crees, Denes, Mohawks, Iroquois, And Navajos are some of the most amazing tribes
The genocide of the americas is the greatest crime in human history
Lets not forget the creek cherokee seminole chickisaw choctaw and numerous other Native tribes from all over the Americas
@@texajp1946 i think at least the Aztec should have been brought down the human sacrifice stuff is horrid.
Don't forget the Cheyenne and Dakota Sioux
@@crabwalkarms7347 I'm Eastern band Cherokee
A suggestion for you Black Elk, he was another leader of the Lakota, he was a child when the Battle of Greasy Grass happened. There is a great book called When Black Elk Speaks (I think).If I remember right the book is written is first person, it was from an interview.
You are correct. Black Elk Speaks is a fascinating read. The man himself had insight that every generation can learn from. Timeless wisdom. Joseph Campbell was a fan
Follow up: Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont & the Métis Rebellion in Canada.
2:30 your dot is off by quite a ways. Miles City is where the Tongue River enters the Yellowstone. That dot's really close to Roy, MT Which is 200 miles from Miles city and maybe 100 - 150 from the Yellowstone if you go as the crow flies.
I'd really like to see bio's on Peacemaker, Big Bear, Gabriel Dumont and Louis Riel as well as the northwest and red river rebellions. They're only widely taught in schools in Saskatchewan and Manitoba but I think the broader audience would find their stories incredibly interesting. I realize this is going to be lost in the void but maybe the community will find and boost this enough.
The Oka crisis and Standing rock would be crazy vids too. Whenever I talk about these instances people think they were forever ago but they were in our lifetimes.
Lakota stand up! Hokaaaaa!!
Hey you guys should do Geronimo!
Crazy horse sitting bull the definition of warriors
Sitting Bull was bold to fight the US. Good character trait.
It's easy to be bold, when it's the only way to save your people's lives. It's just sad he was pushed to being bold.
Grow up.
@@Summer_Sausage chill bro
@@Nipplator99999999999 not really
Interesting listening to someone sum up events that I feel very connected to. There’s so much room to expand upon, but it’s a welcome introduction to this part of history.
My heart weeps for the crap these people got put through.
'crap' is a silly understatement
@@heyheytaytay Agreed. No word bad enough in any language to adequately describe it. Best I could do and it falls laughably, utterly short.
Sell your house and land and give all the money to a reservation.
@@thekeepers15 As I own, neither, not possible.
@@thekeepers15 not an answer
Thank you for helping people to remember this history
Hell yeah, that's what I am talking about! Keep em coming guys, love ya!
We're still here and still proud as ever. Ready to fight America and anybody to the death. For what the creator have us. Aho!
Thank you! I've been asking for a native
People's biography for a while. Sioux Nation AHO!
I have hunted on Standing Rock many times. I always think of the Sioux hunters that hunted these lands before me. I also enjoy seeing the Hugh Glass memorial outside of Lemon SD. There were far tougher men than me on those lands.
Do a story on Colonel John Chivington and the Sand Creek massacre. It'll make you wonder who the real savage is
I've spent my COVID quarantine growing out my beard, so after seeing so many of your plugs for it, I decided to check out your Beard Blaze oil and get some shipped out to me in Vietnam!
I have a love/ hate relationship that the villains won. I love because usually the heroes win and it subverts that expectation BUT so many people died and I absolutely hate that. Like, there are barely any Native Americans left and that fucking sucks.
Actually, there are several millions living in the U.S. The estimated Native American population in 2019 was more than 2.75 million and Arizona's Navajo Tribe, with whom I am most familiar (I lived near the reservation most of my life) is increasing in number. Unfortunately unemployment and poverty is rampant and many living on the reservation have neither electricity or running water. Lots of injustices both past and present.
@@rayraudebaugh5395 well, I mean, compared to 200-300 years ago there are barely any.
So glad you include first nations people in your biographies!
I don't think we should consider the non-native version the "official version." We should call it like it is. Both sides have versions of what happened. The colonizers version is the one that we have documented, because it was then taught to the rest, then forcefully taught to the indigenous children when they were stripped from their homes and cultures to be taught the same information and Catholicism, and whole tribes, cultures, and languages, were lost forever. Archaeologists are finding small pieces of things that indigenous people have told them for centuries. As someone who grew up in Britain, this shouldn't be a foreign concept.
After living in the middle of Paiute reservations out in Nevada, and hearing a fair deal of the Wovoka lore, I enjoy seeing his name pop up unexpectedly.
More native stories please!
Do Crazy Horse! So many other people from Native/First Tribes in Northern America! Yesss!
I think you should do a video on Canada’s residential schools.
As a Burnt Thigh Native!!! I’m happy to even see this on TH-cam! 🙌
Two great native leaders that'd make a great video:
Magnas Coloradas, "red sleeves", an Apache chief who def didn't surrender. Fought Americans and Mexicans to protect apache territory
Tsiyo Gansini, (He who is dragging his canoe, or dragging canoe) he was kicking white ass around the American revolution, he united my tribe around the fire (it's a tradition, don't know if he started it or not) and danced to death. I kid you not.
That's one legendary way to go out. What tribe/nation is that, if you don't mind me asking?
@@Replicaate Cherokee, before the trail of tears shattered much of the bond between the seven clans. There are blue face, wolf, deer, long hair, wild potato (it's hard to translate), paint, and bird clan. Dragging canoe United them around the fire, danced to death, and actually in 2012 they had the Fire again. Wish I could've gone :,)
I'm Asian, and I just want to Ask why does every Native Americans have a white surnames??
@@keatoncampbell820 That sounds like it would've been incredible and very emotionally charged to attend.
I'm glad that such an event could be held when it was, though - the 'rona has kinda put a damper on powwow season and here in a city with a pretty big indigenous population and it's hitting people hard. Even if as a white Canadian I've got kinda no stake in it, I know how important this is to people especially now.
@@my_other_side473 They’re translated from the tribal language
How about doing Biographics video on Polish general and national hero Kościuszko who fought in American uprising and has the Australia's highest mountain named after him?
2:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years
4:30 - Chapter 2 - Hostilities begins
7:10 - Chapter 3 - 1st fights
11:25 - Chapter 4 - The great sioux war
14:10 - Chapter 5 - The battle of little bighorn
18:45 - Chapter 6 - There's no business like show business
You had two photos of Geronimo in this story.The Apache Chief. Sitting Bull was a man with a plan. A man to be honored.
Sadly the battle of Little Bighorn was a short lived victory for the Native Americans that definitely didn’t do them any good in the long term. Similar to Hannibal’s victory over the Romans at the battle of Cannae.
9:06 those shades though
I'm Navajo, and Sitting Bull is my people's greatest hero and teacher. He maybe a different tribe, he's Lakota.
We are all family on this Mother Earth. And the way the government killed him.. it's shameful and unforgivable. And the way they slaughtered innocent children, women and men at Wounded Knee.. is shameful.
I love the fighting spirit and nature nearly all native americans have and I pray everyone somehow learn to live and love as much as you and every tribe still existing.
It’s funny you don’t mind the electricity, internet and cell phone though 😂
@@danboone5672 You make no sense and making a complete fool of youself. just stop smh
@@danboone5672 a lot of reservations have issues of those things you listed, ironic isn’t it?
I'm no expert in north american indigenous histories but I do know more than most, but I realized how little I really knew about Sitting Bull. I knew he fought the US government and that he was in the Buffalo Bill show in his old age, but that was about it. I had no idea he was basically just shot dead by frontier cops - a sad end for such a valiant and stubborn warrior, but at least he went down fighting.
Also I wonder if you could do some bios of some notable indigenous figures from Canadian history - Joseph Brant/Thayendanegea would be a good place to start. Or Tecumseh, the Mohawk ally commander in the 1812 war.
It is extremely impressive that the Sioux were able to defeat the US Army on several occasions. Even with the numerical superiority. I would like to know more about Sitting Bull’s experience on the battlefield, did he command, his tactics etc. It’s also a real shame that Custer is defined by his loss at Little Bighorn. He shouldn’t have left the two Gatling guns behind. He was a truly amazing soldier, some of the attacks he led during the Civil War are absolutely amazing.
You should do chief little crow, I live in the town that he burned down and his story is a really good one
Governments breaking their promises? Well, color me surprised then. I'm kidding, I live in Canada where nothing surprises me anymore.
I'm glad you tolbut d the true story of Sitting Bull. We get the wrong impression of him from the musical ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and his time at Buffalo Bill's Wide West Show. He was friends with Annie Oakley but they didn't sat anything about his later life, He only did it to male needed money.
You were miss pronouncing his name, the second word does not have an L in it, and more accurately means, buffalo bull he is sitting down, I am Lakota, but I come from Pine Ridge reservation, and a lot of his descendants were sent down here, my family has been on our reservation down here for about four generations. We originally come from what is presently Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River reservation, I also have some relatives on standing rock reservation, which is where grandpa sitting bull actually comes from. Well where his people come from.
I don't mean to be a nitpicker because I have nothing but respect for mr. Whistler and this channel, however people often refer to the American "Buffalo" a buffalo when in fact it is a bison.
Just commenting to day thanks for all you do, Simon!
Native American history is truly interesting!
But it's sad to know that the US government never learned to respond with proper diplomacy and respect for other beings, instead always choosing to use violence at the slightest perceived offence. So much power, yet so little responsibility taken.
Indeed.
and they haven’t changed a bit.
i'm not sure I would have segued so quickly into "So I hope you enjoyed this video"
right after describing Sitting Bull's assassination, and the Wounded Knee massacre of women & children
I've been to Chief Red Cloud's grave.
Sitting Bull didn't participate in the Little Bighorn battle as he was recuperating from the Sundance ceremony. Not only did he have to dance for several days straight, he had to remove 50 pieces of flesh from each arm before he was deemed worthy to receive a prophetic vision from the Great Spirit. The one he received was of American troops falling headfirst from the sky into the village, with their boots pointed up, a sign of victory in the upcoming battle with the 7th Calvary.
Sounds like the United States of America hasn't changed much
1:36 willie nelson has a hell of a tan.
I love it!!!!! Please do crazy horse or geronimo next!!!!!pleaseeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Really great video Simon, wopila tanka!
I enjoyed this. Sitting Bull was a great leader.
Maybe an episode on Chickasaw chief Piominko sometime?
Such a nice show, I've been to the Little Bighorn Battle field many times and still have friends among the Crow Indians there, it's too bad the native American Indian has been treated the way they have been
Sitting Bull was a good man. Honorable.
Fun fact… when Custer saw how many warriors he was up against, he gained the name Shitting Pants.
Thank you for that. Custer he don't ride anymore,but he's trying in hell PERFECTLY
There was a painter he befriended named Caroline Weldon; there was even a movie made about their friendship entitled Woman Walks Ahead, and Jessica Chastain was cast as Caroline.
Can you do a video on António Salazar. The Portuguese dictator who ruled Portugal for 48 years.
George Custer: “What could possibly go wrong?”
Simon is my Hunkpapa.
Do one on the Oka crisis or Standing Rock please! 🦅
I had a ancestor who fought with the calvary against the natives during the great plains wars. He left some journals that the family passes down and he seemed very morally low during the whole thing.
My great grandmother, a Cherokee woman raised on a reservation, married the son of a calvary officer who fought in the Indian wars. I got to hear lots of stories from both of them when I was a child growing up in the 1970's. They both lived well into their 90's. It was all infuriating and made me not much fun to be around if any kids wanted to play "cowboys and indians" 😂😂
I would love to see you do a video on the Great Lakota he whose horse is crazy.
Thanks Simon for the video on me.
-Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States of America
excuse me, but the real cal would never have commented
He would have been "Slient"
@@Biographics yeah, because Internet didn't exist in the 1920s
@@Biographics Try spending 88 years being stuck underground and you’ll feel my pain
I love the way you move your head and eyebrows when you talk. BTW, that’s a mighty powerful beard too.
Sitting Bull would not stand for it.
A video on Crazy Horse would be great!
This biography should be made a movie like Revenant.
Quanah Parker is the realest out them all tho
Thanks that's my folks
can't believe even sitting bull was killed by police violence. dang..
He should not have resisted. ANd should have given him the name, Sitting knee on neck, after he died. Just kidding.
Wow! Sitting Bull is an amazing chief! It's a terrible shame that he and the other Native American people had lived and still live rather tragic lives! My heart goes out to them. I can only hope the Native Americans never forget who they are and never forget that they have an important place in history! ❤
Good video 👍
How would you know lol
@@forcedtohaveahandle lmao literally
@@forcedtohaveahandle Because it's Biographics
Ghost Dance: exists
USG: ya done goofed