This spot alongside the western shore of the Missouri River has, since 1953, been the final resting spot of the mortal remains of the acclaimed Lakota military and spiritual leader Tatanka Iyotake (more commonly known by his name’s English translation, Sitting Bull). Sitting Bull was made a chief in the early 1850s. Soon after, he began organizing a movement to resist the United States’ westward expansion. He had a vision of a great victory, which came to be true in June 1876 when the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux,…
