A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.

An intimate portrait of the Lakota chief by his great-grandson.
Ernie LaPointe, born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, is a great-grandson of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota chief Sitting Bull, and in this book, the first by one of Sitting Bull’s lineal descendants, he presents the family tales and memories told to him about his great-grandfather. LaPointe not only recounts the rich oral history of his family—the

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Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. The author sketches in details about the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer.

Ernie LaPointe, Sitting Bull's only living lineal great grandson, reveals the oral history passed down to him from his mother, Sitting Bull's granddaughter.

Shares the life of the Lakota chief, describing his early life, clashes with settlers, and role in the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Describes the events that forced Sitting Bull's tribe onto the reservation and his ultimate death at the hands of his own people.

"Read about how this great chief of the Sioux led them to their victory at the battle of Little Bighorn"--Provided by publisher.