"What would you do if your home was attacked? You would stand up like a brave man and defend it. That is our story."
Following the bloody Fetterman Fight, which saw the Lakota warlord Crazy Horse and his warriors ambush and massacre American troops, the American public was left stunned, its government and civilian population hungry for revenge. In the wake of this a new treaty was signed, further restricting the Lakota Sioux’s freedoms, but nevertheless signed by their political leader, Red Cloud. Still, many would not be constrained to reservations, and instead sought war. Chief amongst them was Sitting Bull, a legendary, mythologised figure of the Great American Plains and the Wild West - the embodiment of a vanished age. Born into the Lakota Sioux, and a world of shifting allegiances, violent initiation rituals, and intransigent spiritualities, as a young man Sitting Bull’s herculean destiny was sung to him by an eagle. The career that followed in his war against the U.S. government would exceed even the greatest of epics. By 1860 he was paramount leader of the Sioux Nation, when news reached him of the imminent arrival of a survey party, lead by none other than George Armstrong Custer…
Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss Sitting Bull’s rise, his extraordinary upbringing, and his stand against the increasing encroachment of railroads into his homelands.
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456. Fall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)
455. Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part 2)
454. Fall of the Sioux: Death of Crazy Horse (Part 1)
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452. Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)
451. Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
448. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
447. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
446. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)
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