History on Fire

Episode 57: Compulsory Civilization with a Side of Murder (Sitting Bull Part 4)

Added 2023-03-09 18:21:55 +0000 UTC

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“Sent to report on a story that wasn’t there, reporters invented one.” Heather Cox Richardson

“Lakota will kill you.” A meadowlark speaking to Sitting Bull in a vision

“If the white men want me to die, they ought not to put up the Indians to kill me… Let the soldiers come and take me away and kill me, wherever they like. I am not afraid. I was born a warrior.” Sitting Bull

In this fourth episode of this series, we’ll see how incompetent government agents, unscrupulous journalists, corrupt politicians, and army officers blinded by their egos manufactured a crisis where there wasn’t one. We’ll also discuss Sitting Bull’s take on the Ghost Dance, Agent McLaughlin’s murderous plans, Buffalo Bill trying to save Sitting Bull, and a murder that sets in motion a much bigger tragedy.