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Date of Work
00/00/1953
Description
This article, published circa 1953, discusses the the final resting place of the ancestral remains of Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka), a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, who was removed from a burial site in Fort Yates, ND to Mobridge, SD. The article notes that the removal was incomplete and that individuals were able to get “4$ apiece in Bismarck” for the bones of Sitting Bull. The article also quotes of head of the removal party, which included self-proclaimed heirs of Sitting Bull who said, “I was tired of the white man’s red tape and delays.”
Date of Work
1953
Keywords
Sitting Bull, Tatanka Iyotanka, Sitting Bull’s Grave, Burial Law, Grave Robbing, Disinterment, South Dakota, North Dakota
Organizations Referenced
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Nation, South Dakota Memorial Association
People Referenced
John Plenty, Walter Tuntland, Clarence Grey Eagle, Dr. R.O. Saxvik
Disciplines
American Politics | Arts and Humanities | History | Indigenous Studies | Law | Native American Studies | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Sitting Bull’s Bones Encased in Steel, circa 1953." (1953). Usher Burdick Papers. 560.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/560
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