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When did Sitting Bull defeat General Custer’s army?

The Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux Tribe had Sitting Bull as their tribal chief in the 18th century. He was a defiant chief, and because he was defiant to the US government, he became something of an idol; his movement and person became a symbol of the unrest between his kinsmen and the government.

This eventually led to a war between both parties, one from which Sitting Bull and his people emerged victorious after defeating the army of General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. He was eventually shot by the police during an arrest attempt after surrendering in 1881.