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1837 CE - 1890 CE: Life of Hunkpapa Sioux leader Sitting Bull.
1855 CE: Sitting Bull begins raids against white settlers entering Sioux lands.
1866 CE - 1868 CE: Sitting Bull supports Red Cloud's War.
1868 CE - 1877 CE: Sitting Bull continues to wage war to halt U.S. expansionist policies in the west.
1868 CE - 1876 CE: Rain-in-the-Face follows Sitting Bull and Sioux war chief Gall in continuing to resist US government's expansionist policies.
1876 CE - 1877 CE: Sioux war chief Gall is a strategist for Sitting Bull during the Great Sioux War.
1876 CE: Sitting Bull is the spiritual leader at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
1877 CE - 1881 CE: Sitting Bull retreats into Canada and remains there for four years.
1877 CE: Rain-in-the-Face retreats to Canada with Sitting Bull and Sioux War Chief Gall.
1877 CE: Sioux war chief Gall follows Sitting Bull on his retreat into Canada.
1881 CE: Sitting Bull returns from Canada and surrenders to US authorities.
1884 CE - 1885 CE: Sitting Bull is a stage performer, gaining international recognition.
1889 CE: Caroline Weldon becomes Sitting Bull's friend, confidante, and secretary; warns him against the Ghost Dance.
1889 CE: The Ghost Dance movement gains adherents; Sitting Bull supports but does not participate.
1890 CE: Sitting Bull is killed while allegedly resisting arrest at Standing Rock Agency Reservation.