Sitting Bull

(noun)

Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟka Íyotake in Standard Lakota Orthography, also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies. Born near the Grand River in Dakota Territory, he was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him and prevent him from supporting the Ghost Dance movement.

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Examples of Sitting Bull in the following topics:

  • Indian Resistance and Survival

  • Minoan Sculpture

    • One figurine, known as the Snake Goddess , depicts a woman with open arms who  holds a snake in each hand, with a feline sitting on her head.
    • The Bull Leaper bronze, depicting a bull and an acrobat, was created as a single group.
    • The acrobat's feet are planted firmly on the bull's rump, and the figure bends backwards with its arms planted on the bull's head, perhaps preparing to launch off of the bull.
    • The two figures, bull and man, mirror each other, as the bull's back sways in the gallop and the man's back is arched in a deep back bend.
    • Experts believe that thin gold wires were used to suspend the figure over a bull.

  • Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides

    • During the sit-in movement of the 1960s, students and other civil rights activists would "sit-in" at whites-only locations.
    • In the first sit-ins, students would sit at white-only lunch counters and refuse to leave until they had been served.
    • As early as one week after the Greensboro sit-in had begun, students in other North Carolina towns launched their own sit-ins.
    • The Birmingham, Alabama Police Commissioner Bull Connor and Police Sergeant Tom Cook (an avid Ku Klux Klan supporter) organized violence against the Freedom Riders with local Ku Klux Klan chapters.
    • Interviews with some of the sit-in participants and the effect of the sit-ins

  • The Neopalatial Period

    • The Minoan culture appears to also be closely linked with the bull.
    • Bulls are often depicted in mural frescoes and many bull figurines and rhytons have been excavated .
    • Images of the bull are often accompanied one or more additional human figures, some of whom often appear to be engaged with the bull by leaping over its back.
    • Frescoes also depict these bull-leaping scenes; abstracted bull-horn shapes may have been used in Minoan architecture.
    • The numerous examples of bull imagery in Minoan culture point to the significance of the animal, but its precise cultural significance for the Minoans is still unknown.

  • Sculpture in Mesopotamia

    • Another sculpture of note is a mixed-media bull's head that once adorned a ceremonial lyre found in Puabi's tomb in Ur.
    • The lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone decoration, and the head of the bull are original.
    • The bull's head is covered with gold.
    • The queen sits on the top register, while the king sits on the bottom.

  • Sculpture in the Hellenistic Period

    • This woman sits on the floor with her arms and legs wrapped around a large jug and a hand gripping the jug's neck.
    • The Farnese Bull (c. 200-180 BCE), named for the patrician Roman family who owned the statue in the Italian Renaissance, is believed to have been created for the collection of Asinius Pollio, a Roman patrician.
    • The colossal marble statue, carved from a single block of marble, depicts the myth of Dirce, wife of the King of Thebes, who was tied to a bull by the sons of Antiope to punish her for mistreating their mother.
    • The various angles reveal different expressions, from the terror of Dirce, to the determination of Antiope's sons, to the savagery of the bull.

  • The Battle of Bull Run

    • The Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, demonstrated to the public that the conflict would not be resolved quickly or easily.
    • The First Battle of Bull Run, called the "Battle of First Manassas" by the Confederacy, was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas.
    • This figure shows the direction of Union attack and Confederate reinforcement at the First Battle of Bull Run.

  • Trends in Markets

    • A secular bear market consists of smaller bull markets and larger bear markets, while a secular bull market consists of larger bull markets and smaller bear markets.
    • In a secular bull market, the prevailing trend is "bullish" or upward-moving.
    • A bull market is associated with increasing investor confidence, and increased investing in anticipation of future price increases.
    • A market bottom is a trend reversal, the end of a market downturn, and precedes the beginning of an upward moving trend (bull market).
    • The bull and bear represent the two major forms of market trend.

  • Sculpture of the Cyclades

    • These figures differ from the females, as the male typically sits on a chair and plays a musical instrument, such as the pipes or a harp.
    • Examples include the terra cotta figurines of bovine animals (possibly oxen or bulls) that date to 2200–2000 BCE, and small, flat sculptures that resemble female figures shaped like violins; these date to the Grotta–Pelos culture, also known as Early Cycladic I (c. 3300–2700 BCE).

  • Norse Ships in the Early European Middle Ages

    • This could involve various types of design such as bulls, dolphins, gold lions, drakes spewing fire out of their nose, human beings cast in gold and silver, and other unidentifiable animals cast in bronze metal.
    • For instance, the so-called "Buddha bucket" is a well-known object from the Oseberg site that features a brass and cloisonné enamel ornament of a bucket (pail) handle in the shape of a figure sitting with crossed legs.
    • The so-called "Buddha bucket" (Buddha-bøtte), brass and cloisonné enamel ornament of a bucket (pail) handle in the shape of a figure sitting with crossed legs.