(Tatanka Yotanka; in English, Sitting Bull; Grand River., 1834 - Fort Yates, id., 1890) Hunkpapa Lakota leader. As a young man he was part of the akicita (secret society) Brave Hearts, and gained fame for his deeds, which made him one of the most important Lakota leaders, strong defender of the ancient customs during the struggle of his people against American colonialism.
Sitting Bull formed cross-tribal alliances in his efforts to resist the process of colonization. Sitting Bull also steadfastly refused to become dependent on aid from the U.S. government.
On June 25th, 1876, Colonel Custer and his forces were wiped out at the battle of Little Big Horn. Sitting Bull did not take part in the battle, but acted as a kind of spiritual leader to those who did, performing the Sun Dance, in which he fasted and sacrificed over 100 pieces of flesh from his arms, a week prior.
In response, the U.S. government sent thousands more soldiers to the area, forcing many of the Lakota to surrender over the next year. Sitting Bull refused to surrender, and in May 1877, he led his band north to Wood Mountain, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan). He remained there until 1881, when he and most of his band returned to U.S. territory and surrendered to U.S. forces.
In 1890, due to fears that Sitting Bull would use his influence to support the Ghost Dance movement (a movement of indigenous resistance), Indian Service agent James McLaughlin ordered his arrest. Early in the morning of December 15th, 39 police officers and four volunteers approached Sitting Bull's house. The camp awakened and men began to converge at the scene.
When Sitting Bull refused to comply, the police used force on him, enraging members of the village. Catch-the-Bear, a Lakota, shouldered his rifle and shot one of the Indian agents, who reacted by firing his revolver into the chest of Sitting Bull, killing him.
In 1953, his Lakota family exhumed what were believed to be his remains, reburying them near Mobridge, South Dakota, near his birthplace.
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I've been working through It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia from about season 12 onward. I'm just baffled at how the gang is in some ways extremely progressive in comparison the modern America while also still being stupidly shitty people. In the bathroom episode, they essentially say trans rights while still being shitty and Frank being racist, even though IRL Danny Devito is all sorts of progressive compared to the character he plays which must make that easier cause he just acts like the people he hates, i guess? A few episodes before that, they say the F-slur and the N-slur in the same episode and I was just gobsmacked by the latter. I asked someone, "can... can they even do that on TV?"
I guess it's why the show is funny at times. They get to the right conclusion sometimes but when they go to explain their logic it's all fucked up reasoning. They are sometimes sensitive to people's emotions or struggles but then are emotionally abusive out of ignorance. If I had to guess, I'd think the actors/writers are actually pretty progressive and they do the show as a sort of mirror satire or something. Then again, I sometimes get the sense that something is leftist media even though I know otherwise.
I think that's what makes IASIP work compared to a lot of the mean-spirited, nihilistic edgelord shows. To a good extent the show is about the gang being horrible people, not necessarily about society being horrible, and there's a pro-human core down there instead of South Park or Rick and Morty.
Like Harmon depicts Rick as objectively correct, and Trent and whatshisass use Cartman as the mouthpiece for their beliefs, but the Gang are absurd parodies of terrible people and while they have a humanness that's relatable, you're not supposed to ever agree with their antics.
I think Archer works for the same reason; The Archer gang are awful people, but they always have a human core that allows you to relate to them while they do awful things. The show is about awful people, but deep down it's hopeful about humanity.
This last season of Rick and Morty has upped the touching on progressive causes. Not sure if maybe Roland’s ousting has contributed to that or what. It doesn’t change your analysis though. Then again, IASIP was shitty on trans topics early on and has vastly improved.