Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Sioux, he was one of the seven bands of the western Sioux tribe. Sitting Bull became a medicine man and leader. The white settlers and soldiers of the U.S. Army moved into Sioux survival, Sitting Bull defended his people. Sitting Bull refused to give up his Sioux land and he did not want to live on a reservation. On June 25, 1876, he was a leader in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, in which the Sioux and other tribes defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his troops. Later, Sitting Bull watched his followers being depleted by disease and war. I learned that Sitting Bull did a Sun Dance, which is a religious ceremony. He would dance for two days without food or water until he collapsed and he had a vision. Lastly, Sitting Bull was arrested in Fort Buford and Fort Randall until 1883. He was forced to live on the reservation. He even joined the wild west show. The story was interesting and I enjoyed some parts of it I can tell he was a brave man and he was proud of his culture. He has been through so much and he fought until the end. I have respect for Sitting Bull for one reason, he gave away money to beggar children while touring. This story was well written and inspiring to others. ( )

Sitting Bull was born in March of 1831 in what is now South Dakota. He was a part of the Hunkpapa, one of the seven bands of the Western Sioux tribe. He was initially named Slow because he never seemed to be in a hurry, but his nae soon changed. When he was fourteen, he fought his first battle against their enemy, the Crow, and hit a Crow warrior with his coup-stick, knocking his bow and arrow from his hand. His tribe won the battle, and he earned the name Sitting Bull. He became known as a medicine man and prophet after some of his predictions for the future came true. When white settlers began to invade Native American land, Sitting Bull fought back; in 1868, a peace treaty creating the Great Sioux Reservation was signed by many Sioux leaders, but Sitting Bull was not one of them. In 1876, Sitting Bull led his people in the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Sioux's last great victory. In 1890, Sitting Bull and the Sioux began dancing the Ghost Dance to bring back the dead and bring rains to drown the white enemies. The government was frightened and thought it was a war dance, and attempted to arrest Sitting Bull for leading a war, but he and his people fought back. However, Sitting Bull and many people in his tribe were brutally murdered.
This story flowed pretty well and had good structure. I really like that Byrd writes a bit about after Sitting Bull's death. However, the way in which it was written wasn't very captivating. Overall, it was a good read. ( )

This book goes through the very busy life of Sitting Bull. It starts at the beginning when he was in no hurry to do anything, and ends up being a hero for native Americans in many aspects. ( )

This is another great biography, the "A Picture Book of __" series does a great job with research - although it isn't cited. Despite its lack of citations, it gives a list of important dates and an authors note with possible discrepancies. Which is a good substitute for no bibliography. This book is about Sitting Bull, a great leader for the Sioux. ( )

This book was about the Native American known as Siting Bull. I had a bit of a hard time paying attention to what was going on in the story and felt like there was a lot of information to try to digest. The illustrations were amazing, though, and even had some minor descriptions telling what the pictures were trying to depict. Even though I had a bit of a rough time catching onto the story, I do think the book has some great information and illustrations that would be great to read to a classroom. ( )