Sitting Bull: Battle of the Little Bighorn - Native American History - Part 3 - Extra History

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🔥 In the tumultuous aftermath of President Grant's ultimatum in 1876, the Great Sioux War ignites as tensions between the US government and Plains Indians reach a breaking point. Grant's deadline threatens to treat any non-reservation Indians as enemy combatants, spurred by the discovery of gold in the sacred Black Hills, triggering a struggle for sovereignty and survival. Led by figures like Sitting Bull, who vehemently opposed reservation life, the Plains tribes unite in defiance, culminating in the legendary Battle of the Little Bighorn. Amidst the chaos, Sitting Bull's spiritual leadership and vision guide his people through the conflict, ultimately reshaping the course of history in the face of overwhelming adversity.
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I'm absolutely in love with the thumbnail too...the steel chair strikes again!!!

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AND HERE COMES SITTING BULL WIRH THE STEEL CHAIR! BY GOD, THAT MAN HAD A FAMILY!

[@ericmalanowski5547]

I understand the dramatic defeat of Little Bighorn, but Sitting Bull still had to evacuate because 4,500 Union boys under General Cook were in hot pursuit.

[@laysdong]

Custer lived in my hometown and we idolized him there. Pretty wack. Statues and all

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DOES HE HAVE NO HEART!? DOES HE HAVE NO SOUL!!??

[@BensonCaisip]

STEEL CHAIR THUNDERING THE SKULL OF GEORGE CUSTER!

[@stevenchoza6391]

Supposedly, Custer and his company were not just outnumbered but outgunned as well. They, allegedly, had single shot trapdoor rifles while the tribes had both lever-action repeating rifles and bows and arrows.

[@scottanos9981]

Precisely. The tribes outnumbered and outgunned the government forces. Custer was foolish enough to lead his men into tactical encirclement with such long odds due to his underestimation of the battle capabilities at that engagement.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

There's a few things going on with that: The Springfield trapdoor rifles the cavalry were using were repurposed weapons from the Civil War. This was a cost effect from the military budget being scaled back. It also had fewer moving parts than contemporary lever actions, so it'd be easier and cheaper to issue the trapdoors. Also, the trapdoors theoretically had more range than most lever actions, so the slower rate could be compensated by keeping the opposition farther away. However, fully encased cartridges were relatively new, and the copper casing (instead of brass) could warp in the chamber, requiring time and effort to clear. It's possible that this might have happened at Little Bighorn. This is why I laugh whenever I see something sold as "military grade" as a positive.

[@johanmilde]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher The later half of the 19th century is such an interesting time in firearms history - so much back and forth between different design philosophies and military doctrines, innovations going in all directions at once - many of them into dead ends - and at any time, some sudden leap in technology, like smokeless powder, can make all your expensive armament efforts more or less obsolete. At least the US military wisely chose a glorious Norwegian design when they finally got around to getting themselves a repeating rifle in the 1890s. (What do you mean, it’s impractical to reload by pouring loose ammunition into a hopper when galloping at full speed in rough terrain? And sure, the locking lugs are too weak to handle full-powered cartridges, but you can just shoot weaker bullets instead!) “Military grade” can definitely mean anything from “unsophisticated but reliable” to “mass-produced by the lowest bidder” and “useless but manufactured in a key constituency”.

[@DarnedYankee]

Another problem with the rifles used by the federal forces at the battle was the ammo. The issue was that due to the materials used to construct the cases, after the weapon was discharged, the case became very soft from the heat and pressure. Because of this, when the “trapdoor” was opened to eject the spent cartridge, the extractor claw would shred through the rim of the cartridge and thus cause the cartridge to be stuck in the chamber.

[@celticknight221]

I also heard he was ordered to leave his Gatling guns behind

[@lifeiszaney]

As a Native American who came from the Sioux, I appreciate all of these videos about our past, especially Sitting Bull and his ever-lasting defense of what we called home. Extra History, I thank you.

[@lizardguy4236]

I love Johnny Cash’s song “Custer” about the battle of Little Bighorn Now Custer split his men Well, he won't do that again Cause the General he don't ride well anymore Twelve thousand warriors waited They were unanticipated And the General he don't ride well anymore

[@ecurewitz]

Custer had it coming

[@dastemplar9681]

Legend has it when Sioux women came to loot the US dead at Little Bighorn, they found Custer’s body and shoved pins into his ears so that he would “listen better in the afterlife”.

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I'm learning things that I was never taught in school. Thank you and keep up the incredible work! ❤😊

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Will do!

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Ironically, I'm being taught this in School. In England (before you say anything, I'm Polish)

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At 27 seconds from release, the video had 27 likes. Neat.

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Bias. They didnt even watch the video

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And 12317 after an hour

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I like those odds

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2.7k now at 3 hours

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Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!

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I would recommend you watch Kings and Generals awesome series/collected video on Greece Independence; I did and it was amazing🤩 (the story & cool facts, not all the untold innocent masses who lost their lives in that conflict)!

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They did a series on it already

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@@Dazzlefisher no the didn't

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This gives the idiom: "sending in the cavalry" a whole new meaning.

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Once again, you guys never fail to deliver with another amazing installment in this series! ❤️

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[@charleslarrivee2908]

"It is an overwhelming victory, like nothing any Indian tribe has achieved in the history of the United States." The Northwest Indian Confederation which routed St. Clair's army at the Wabash in 1791 with even higher losses: "Are we a joke to you?" It's also worth noting that Custer didn't "foolishly" divide his command into scattered detachments; it was a calculated pincer movement, with Custer commanding one pincer and Major Marcus Reno the other. And Sioux survivors said it would have worked, if Reno had persisted in a charge to the end; but Reno lost his nerve, halted the charge and had his men form a stationary firing line, which gave the Sioux time to counterattack and rout Reno's detachment. Only the intervention of Captain Frederick Benteen bringing up the reserves and the spare ammunition, and several junior officers and civilian scouts taking control from the out-of-his-depth, drunk and traumatized Reno, saved the day for them. Which then meant that Custer's command was attacking unsupported, resulting in it being driven back and then overrun.

[@malachiphoniex8501]

Not only that, but the Native Warriors of King Phillip's War achieved some great victories.

[@reesehendricksen1871]

Granted Custer was nowhere bear as brilliant a commander as popular legend. As he often attacked without listening to scouts, and years earlier narrowly avoided being slaughtered by the doing the same mistake as Little Bighorn. Especially when compared to contemporaries like Mackenzie, its disturbing how much leadership varied in the army.

[@giacomoromano8842]

Custer ignored the scouts report on the effective size of the enemy, you cannot pull a pincer move with less than a fourth of your enemy size, him dividing his already heavily outnumbered force into smaller contingencies was absolutely foolish, he should have retreated when the actual number of forces he was facing became clear to him.

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Love this Sitting Bull series. Have been waiting for years!

[@jayfrank1913]

You show the US 7th Cavalry Regiment with what appear to be Henry or Winchester repeating rifles. They were armed with single-shot Springfield Trapdoor carbines in .45-70-405, I believe. It was the Sioux who had some access to lever-action repeating rifles, which gave them partial advantage in the battles described (the Springfield fired a more powerful round, while the lever-action rifles fired pistol-caliber rounds, but much faster).

[@TrainGuyKen]

I was thinking this myself watching the video. I've read that about 30% of the Sioux force had those lever action repeaters.

[@SayedI313]

If the Battle of Little Bighorn had been this epic, I can only imagine how the Battle of Big-Bighorn would have been

[@dearrobloxiscool]

I had to listen to this in history class for hours, and this explains it in 20 minutes

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So you know a much more detailed much better version of this story. Whole books have been written about this one battle, you can probably fill a large bookcase with books about Sitting Bull. This is a very shorted version of this man’s life

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Argggghhhhh, why is it SO HARD for the U.S. to not break treaties with indigenous peoples?

[@BlueHooloovoo]

I would recommend watching the Ken Burns documentary 'The West'. It really goes into great depth about the American expansion westward and the effects it had on the Indigenous people's.

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"500 Nations" is another really good one, although I suspect some of it is outdated by now

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As a South Dakotain, I appreciate this series

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Before America fought wars for oil, America fought wars for gold.

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A leader who would not sow. A testament to resiliency in the face of impossible odds.

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You mean 'bow'?

[@ecurewitz]

Custer was badly outnumbered at Gettysburg but held off JEB Stuart until reinforcements arrived, they were still badly outnumbered, but managed to drive the confederate Calvary off the field. I always wonder if that played a role in his badly underestimating the Lakota at Little Big Horn

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Yet another great video by Extra History, talking about a history overlooked (and even omitted) in schools across the U.S. I have to admit that Sitting Bull is a personal role model and I am really glad to see a series about him. Though, to be fair with George Custer, in the battle of the little big horn, he was outnumber 3 to 1 and probably killed around the same number to that which that he lost.

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We take History suggestions on Patreon.

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Keep up with the series! I love them

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I am a Cree from Ontario Canada, just wanted to say Wah-Chay (Hello) and that this channel rocks my socks. No word for good-bye in Cree so we say esh-kow-kah-mein (until next time).

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June 25th...close to my birthday. Nice.

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Mine, too! It was also the day the Korean War started!

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I think AOE 3 is the only game, that I know of, that actually covers this fight. Pretty well too 👍 not as much context as I'd like, but would still recommend that game.

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Thank you for the video.

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As always, great video!

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Finally the video is out 😭👍🏻

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I’ve been WAITING

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Clicked as soon as I saw. Gonna be interesting, Not even past the intro yet and I know it.

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Day 4 of Asking for the redriver rebellion, the only Native American armed rebellion in Canadian History

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Really good transition to the ad read

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Thanks!

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Great video.

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*The following are the musings of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "I'm hoping there is a Part 4 as we gotta find out how Sitting Bull's story ended!"

[@peppapig1972]

Fun fact: George Custer went on to loosely inspire the character design of the Colonel in the dreamworks movie Spirit (2002)

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"My Grandpapi died with Custer!" "Custer was an idiot! He led his men into an ambush! He and everyone who were with him died for nothing!"

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I find it interesting to link the end of the video to Gabriel Dumont. He was a French Canadian Métis who was Louis Riel's right hand man. And after their defeat in the second northwest rebellion (I prefer to call it resistance as it is more accurate), he fled to the US and was also part of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show".

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Hey! I love your videos,I would love a video about the Tyrolean Rebellion

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yet another extra radical vid from the extra creditz crew ! ✨

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great

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Most definitely do a video on the carrington event.

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Next do one on Bass Reeves ❤

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You guys should really do a series on Custard at some point.

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Nah that would be for the Tasting History channel 😂

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Colonel Custard's Last Pie Stand!

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Cool :D

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Fist 1000! Edit: that’s got to be my like with the most subribers, also I always loved the Wild West and it’s history. Though even though that was a really long time ago it has such an effect on the modern day.

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It’s. Erie im learning Lakota language right now it’s crazy this posted two days ago when I started learning the language

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cool

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Still hoping for an episode or series on the Sand Creek Massacre and Belle Starr

[@KKRioApartments]

Re Battle of the Little Big Horn being the biggest victory "like nothing any Indian tribe had achieved in the history of the United States" @7:22 - see the Battle of the Wabash, 1791, also known as St. Clair's Defeat. That was the biggest Indian victory over the US Army, which lost nearly 1000 men - 3 or 4 times as many as the US Army lost at Little Big Horn. Matter of fact, Battle of the Wabash is one of those dramatic but forgotten episodes that would make for a great Extra History vid or vid series.

[@kingstar5494]

I love the thumbnail.

[@thecatsays]

My husband had an ancestor at Custer's Last Stand. It's crazy when you research family history.

[@mechtim]

at this point this video had more detail than we had in text books

[@GamesbiteRtDL]

Somehow, the name General Custer sounds pretty familiar to me Probably from a Samurai Movie

[@mattthewmontoya2757]

As a Mexican American with a lot of native blood its just sad

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You should do one about Puerto Rico’s history

[@KDUFFRadio]

At 39 minutes since upload, the views are 6900. Nice.

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PANR has tuned in.

[@Kilgorio]

Wow

[@chrisforsyth8323]

Historica Canada, Sitting Bull Heritage Minute

[@paperluigi6132]

I’d recommend everyone here to check out The Wild West chapter of the game Live A Live, as it makes some big references to this event.

[@blockmasterscott]

What a lot of people miss about this battle is the fact that the American government took this really seriously. They increased the size of the army, increased the size of companies up to 100 men, and in addition to this, according to my Time Life Western edition published in the 70s, recruitments went up by young men wanting to avenge Custer. Quite frankly, the Battle of Little Bighorn was a long term disaster for the Indians. In 14 years, there probably was not a free Indian anywhere. Sitting Bull and Geronimo of the Apaches together may have had good intentions on protecting their people, but man, they both woke up a sleeping giant in the form of the American government and got smacked down REALLY hard.

[@krankarvolund7771]

That was what would have happened anyway ^^

[@giacomoromano8842]

The natives mistakes was not killing any European explorer the second they showed up, their clock started ticking as soon as Colombo putted foot in the America islands.

[@jamesonbetts1832]

@4:33 in EARLY MODERN history

[@tashacooper1753]

It’s hard the modocs did that too some went to war others we did really good at changing our ways

[@valmid5069]

At least Custer will be known for his service in the Union Army like the Battle of Gettysburg, having his last photo group taken by Gary Larson, and redeemed himself during the Battle of Smithsonian while being played by Bill Hader *...wait, hold up*

[@forexed8948]

I've been to the Little Big Horn battle ground

[@TheThedisliker]

How was it?

[@forexed8948]

@@TheThedisliker Still alive, you can feel the fight still going on

[@CCJJ160Channels]

Not the folding chair?! I’m dead! 😂 🤣 😆

[@austinblack7991]

Custer forgot to use the tactics he used against the confederates during the Civil War against the Sioux

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

(Night at the Museum 2 flashbacks)

[@a_tired_wendigo]

Us gov: hand over the gold man we’re broke and you can’t stop us. Sitting Bull: **C O W A B U N G A I T I S**

[@rooster5228]

And people say “they still trust the government”

[@NL-ws5fv]

7:23 Couldn't help but ask out loud, "What about St. Claire's Defeat? Or General Hammer's Defeat?" ... Wished more people took note of the 1790s and the North West Indian Wars. Sad so many people forget Little Turtle and Blue Jacket.

[@Sawaame]

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