"Sitting Bull" Huhkpapa Lakota Sioux Chief Gold Plated Coin - Tribute to the Great Sitting Bull - More than 145 years after his death, Sitting Bull (1831 - 1890) remains as one of the greatest Native Americans who ever lived. A Oglala Lakota Sioux Holy Man from the Huhkpapa Band, Sitting Bull bravely resisted the U.S. Government’s efforts to take over tribal land in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Do to his daunting force of will, a confederation of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians met and defeated the U.S. Army’s First of the 7th Cavalry led by Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer during the battles of the Rosebud and Little Big Horn in Montana in the summer of 1876 during the Great Sioux War. Considered to be the “Hostile Chief” among the Indian Nations, Sitting Bull was the last of the Plains Indians to surrender to the authority of the United States Government. The Lakota Sioux Nation of South Dakota is federally recognized tribe of Native American Indians. It is now possible for everyone to pay tribute to this amazing Native American with a stunning coin minted by the United States Mints in a Gold plated coin that everyone can afford. Issued in a Brilliant Uncirculated Condition (BU), your coin will arrive in a protective lucite acrylic coin capsule. If you’re a fan of America’s Wild West or know someone who is, then this is the perfect coin. Secure one today!