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Date of Work
00/00/1953
Description
This article, published in circa 1953, subtitled "S.D. Governor Condones Theft of Sitting Bull," reports on the reaction of South Dakota Governor Sigurd Anderson regarding the removal of the ancestral remains of Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka), a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, from their previous resting place in Fort Yates, ND to a new location in Mobridge, SD. Anderson said that he is not in favor of the law breakers, but he can understand their sentiment.
Date of Work
1953
Keywords
Sitting Bull, Tatanka Iyotanka, Sitting Bull’s Grave, Burial Laws, Grave Robbing, Disinterment, South Dakota, North Dakota, Standing Rock, Mobridge
Organizations Referenced
Sioux Indians, Standing Rock Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
People Referenced
Sigurd Anderson, Dr. G. J. Van Heuvelen
Disciplines
American Politics | Arts and Humanities | History | Indigenous Studies | Law | Native American Studies | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Sitting Bull’s Grave-Until Raiders Struck, circa 1953" (1953). Usher Burdick Papers. 559.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/559
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