(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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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    11 months ago

    There are a couple of societies that wear a small gourd on a string belt over the penis. They take it just as seriously as westerns do covering themselves with close.

    I think there's also a society that just ties a string around their foreskin to keep the glans covered, and that meets their modesty standard.

    Modest is a totally fluid and culture defined thing. Back in I think the 19th and early 20th century there was a fashion among middle class Korean women that was kind of a very high skirt that came up to just under the breasts, and a sort of bolero jacket thingy that didn't quite cover the breasts, so folks were walking around with their boobs out. Totally normal.

    I'm trying to think of other very different modesty standards but I can't come up with anything right now.

    Here's a statue in I believe south Korea depicting the 19th-early 20th century outfit that bared the breasts. CW: bronze statue of a woman with two children. The woman's breasts are exposed by her clothing and the children are naked. This CW: is for the benefit of HR, I know there's nothing shameful or wrong about this!

    the statue

    There are pictures of this outfit but I'm told a lot of the pictures were staged for horny westerners so I figured I'd go with what I think is actual Korean art by and for Koreans.