Sitting Bull: No Reservations - Native American History - Part 2 - Extra History

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🔥 Sitting Bull, a pivotal figure in Lakota history, navigates the turbulent landscape of 19th-century America. In the aftermath of the assassination of Bear’s Rib, Sitting Bull emerges as a beacon of defiance against encroaching settlers and oppressive government policies. Through acts of strategic warfare and unwavering resilience, Sitting Bull challenges the status quo, inspiring his people to resist oppression and reclaim their sovereignty. Join us on a journey through history as we unravel the legends and legacies of Sitting Bull, showcasing his indomitable spirit and enduring impact on Native American history.
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[@extrahistory]

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[@user-ci1kj1vy9g]

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[@Nickthedog2011]

hi

[@Rudn4z_127]

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[@christopherg2347]

"Reservations? Nah. I am sitting Bull, not sitting Duck!"

[@LangThoughts]

*Thathanka Iyotake

[@somerandofilipino6957]

Gen. George Crook: Are you sure about that?

[@THECHEESELORD69]

@@somerandofilipino6957”well then you must be a goose because your getting cooked

[@Nerathul1]

With that bit with the tobaco pipe his name ought to be "Buffalo Who Sits Down becauses his balls are too damn massive to carry."

[@connorhilchie2779]

8:01 that right there is THE power move. Under fire, walks right into it, sits down and has a smoke like its nothing. Sitting Bull had balls of steel

[@LangThoughts]

*Thathanka Iyotake

[@user-gw4oz1rk3i]

Tha-thank-a i-yo-take?

[@nuh_uh210]

Sitting Bull said “your aim’s trash, better go hunt buffalo instead” 😂

[@omoriperocondrip9130]

​@@nuh_uh210"Skill issue, not even aimbot could help you" -Buffallo Bull who sits down because his balls are just too damn massive to carry

[@user-jg8fc1ou5o]

Sitting Bull is better than most action heroes because instead of dodging bullets, using the force to push them aside, or slowing time to knock them to the ground, this man doesn't stare death in the face because he's afraid; he he expects death to look him in the face and dares any man to try and shoot him.

[@LangThoughts]

*Thathanka Iyotake

[@Kettleman1.0]

After part one i read his quote 'when the last tree is chopped, the last river poisioned will man realise he cant eat money' So true

[@trevinbeattie4888]

8:00 was such a bad-ass move! He really lived up to his name - calm, indifferent, unmoveable. It reminds me of a saying from The Art of War: “To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”

[@Pikashockdragon]

Or as Quintus Flabius Maximus once said "If you can win a battle without having to fire a shot in anger, then you are the true victor".

[@I_Hate_YouTube.]

What's amazing is the horrible aim of the soldiers. Or is it bullet deviation?

[@ASpaceOstrich]

The difference between an act of badass bravery and an act of stupidity is mostly luck.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

​@@I_Hate_KZbin. The army of the time wasn't renowned for their excellent marksmanship. There were a few factors going into that: 1. Recruitment from immigrant populations who'd been barred from firearm usage in their home countries. And people who were born in the US weren't automatically crack shots, most had only used shotguns on the farm, or were unfamiliar with firearms in the cities. 2. A strained supply chain that reduced the amount of supplies units stationed in far flung outposts could bring in. This had a cascading effect, since the higher ranking officers recognized that they could only send so many rounds per soldier, otherwise they'd be cutting into the other necessities. So they decided to make sure that the weapons issued would be slow to fire, to discourage the soldiers from wasting ammunition. And the limited ammo supply also cut down on the number of rounds the soldiers could fire to gain and maintain proficiency with their weapons. So all of these led to the US military on the whole not having the best track record for accuracy at the time.

[@Buffalo_Soldier]

@_KZbin. It's just a legend. This situation is nonsence. Also what would be follow-up of this situation? Everyone just went back in peace? Only way it could be possible is these were bunch of scared civilians that didn't wanted spotted natives to come any closer and shot just to make loud sound with and off-chance of maybe hitting. So maybe that could be some explaination.

[@LanceOmikron]

Fun fact: After the stunt with the pipe, he actually had trouble walking back home due to the sheer mass and weight of the enormous brass balls he was dragging behind him.

[@bboi1489]

Can we talk about well the writers and narrator do their jobs? Last episode's and today's openings honestly gave me chills

[@charliefarmer4365]

The opening of how Matt’s words were on the letter was well done too!

[@joea3381]

Giving people 'ears' is the most badass, passive way of declaring your intentions of deadly force ive ever heard and I f*king love it

[@Nverdis]

It is the natural conclusion to someone who wont listen: "Huh, I don't think you can hear me, LET ME GIVE YOU MOTHERFUCKING EARS!"

[@THECHEESELORD69]

@@Nverdiskey word *passive* lol

[@skellurip]

we should give israel some ears

[@THECHEESELORD69]

@@skellurip there are only sides because we make them.

[@gyllenspetzfamily7993]

Yeah well it's not a concept that was reserved for just your enemies, as a child, someone threatening to improve your hearing indicated that they were going to draw blood.

[@blaster915]

Give them ears... That's a creepy way to call killing people 😳

[@briannamcdaniel266]

Gotta get the message through to them somehow.

[@giovanniongaro2406]

We are in a history channel, better to get used to it 😅

[@spartanx9293]

​@@briannamcdaniel266Didn't work

[@giovanniongaro2406]

@@spartanx9293 Unfortunately

[@gkjaerby2441]

yikes.

[@johangrotegut8300]

Sitting Bull had serious anime protagonist plot armor

[@LangThoughts]

*Thathanka Iyotake

[@user-ji7kn3ul3v]

@@LangThoughtswhat are you saying?

[@jimmypetrock]

Thank you for teaching Native western history

[@NickTheShark_]

As a South Dakotan thank you for doing this story

[@leflamewolf]

I'd like to thank EH for doing this series. I as an American think despite not being directly responsible for what our predecessors did, we still owe it to the people whose land we stole to understand this grim part of our history, and just do better.

[@kiyoko.144]

Even though its episode 2... Sitting bull was truly a Chad 🗿

[@LangThoughts]

*Thathanka Iyotake

[@Ami-jc2oo]

A Gigachad!!!!

[@user-ji7kn3ul3v]

@@LangThoughts oh, it’s his name in native tongue

[@ameliamadison4403]

i'd love to see a similar series on the seminole wars, an equally important story and often forgotten story in American history

[@bio_meta4055]

Well I think because its the native americans stuff not for whole USA I think ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@Nickthedog2011]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!! This is what we are learning in Minnesota history Native Americans!

[@omgpix]

It'd be nice if you addressed their "relationship" with the Crow in the subsequent lies episode. You've briefly touched on it twice on it without really going into, probably because it doesn't fit with the story being told, but it's still important.

[@Magmafrost13]

Something for the lies episode maybe

[@Jian13]

Bet the reason Sitting Bull was able to pull of that feat is he understood the weapons of the Army, their effective range, and knew, so long as he walks at an even pace, those bullets will land anywhere but where he is.

[@LangThoughts]

*Thathanka Iyotake

[@larsdewit6521]

Given that there were soldiers among them it's unlikely they were shooting to kill. There were more soldiers than natives at that railway, if they wanted him dead they had ample time to do it so I doubt it was their intention. Still cold as hell to risk it though.

[@THECHEESELORD69]

@@larsdewit6521 also us troops at the time did not have super good aim but true

[@user-ji7kn3ul3v]

@@LangThoughtskeep doing your good work friend

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

This series is alredy amazing! You guys rock! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪💪

[@chromiakocosmos8888]

Peace is not an option against an enemy who wants nothing more than your non-existence.

[@crabbus4117]

I love these stories about legendary Indian war chiefs! Maybe one about the controversial Comanche tribes? Quanah Parker was was a seriously interesting chieftain.

[@ambushandscorp]

I did not expect the Cell to Singularity sponsor considering I play that game. Neat.

[@briannamcdaniel266]

Loving the art in this series so far! Also, that letter at the beginning sounded so threatening. 😅

[@maxleroux]

When this series is over you guys should make a video about the history of Mount Rushmore. It's seriously messed up when you really break it down. 😅

[@deltarno7502]

Sitting Bull: The man so brave and bad ass that he warped reality to give his opponents storm trooper aim.

[@THECHEESELORD69]

He is to cool for special abilities like that, US soldiers at the time were not exactly the best at shooting stuff is all.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

WOW IN ALL THAT CHAOS HE JUST SMOKES LIKE A CHAD Sitting Bull YOU NATIVE LEGEND 7:50

[@Vanhenrik]

4:22 Gorilla war? Gotta love those subtitles ❤️ 😂

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

YOU guys are the Best! Always look forward to your videos 😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@dylanleboff4395]

Thank you guys for all the great work , another great video

[@hokkaidorider4296]

Thanks to the powerful medicine of his shield. Well played respecting the cultures history, extra.

[@PavelTayTay]

What a joke.

[@isaiahortiz7299]

@@PavelTayTaywhat is?

[@THECHEESELORD69]

@@PavelTayTayhey man what’s the joke?

[@teatime1848]

As someone who has played cell to singularity daily for about 1 year now. It was so weird to see the game I play a lot show up here

[@user-dm5yz2ev8k]

Puffing the pipe in a battlefield? This man is an ABSOLUTE LEGEND

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

I see what you did there with the "no reservations" line, because he didn't want to go to a reservation, and he had no reservations about fighting against it!

[@user-ji7kn3ul3v]

Yeah 😂

[@danielgordon2907]

Whenever there's a new video, I hop over to nebula to watch the newest one, then let this one play on mute in another window so that you get the extra youtube view credit. it's not much, but i love your channel more then anything on this platform

[@extrahistory]

Yes! Thank you for the extra views!

[@THECHEESELORD69]

@@extrahistorymoney! It makes the world go round! Love ya guys!

[@DuranmanX]

It's crazy watching this and the Ken Burns documentary from 3 months ago on Sitting Bull

[@lemon4378]

Matt's REALLY good at narrating, and the writers are amazing at their job.

[@bthsr7113]

Having recently rewatched your John Snow series, letting them succumb to Cholera in squalor is a very clear picture of inhumanity.

[@teanott5073]

its convenient this series started getting made the same time i got back into red dead redemption, love hearing more native american history!

[@analoren4745]

I'm happy that you pointed out that "Sioux" isn't the proper name. Also, do you think you would ever do an episode on the Sand Creek Massacre?

[@gyllenspetzfamily7993]

It's so dark...so dark.😢

[@uhlie_sro]

That is a very good resistance, cant wait for the continuation.

[@FakeBlocks]

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!

[@PancorRath]

damn, not only did the army aim like gd Storm Troopers, but dude's balls much have been literal cannon shots dragging the entire way to and from

[@user-sd3nn2yl5q]

I love this channel, so great!

[@theawesomeman9821]

This Lakato deserves his own movie

[@pericoparakeet6104]

Love this video, love history

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@mebrychi6504]

Can’t wait for the next few episodes

[@doctorscrubb2538]

Love this channel. I absolutely love history and the animation makes it easier to get my kids involved.

[@kenzieafent6291]

SB really walked through a storm bullets so he can smoke

[@user-fy4pv5wf3l]

Love these videos

[@StellarLimpkin]

The amount of wounds this legend took is amazing

[@fritoss3437]

Day 2 of asking for the history of Louis Riel and the red river rébellion

[@forexed8948]

Gold. Enough said.

[@NikkyElso]

Definitely the title of the Sitting Bull biopic directed by Micheal Bay. "Sitting Bull:NO RESERVATIONS" "They didn't listen, so he gave them ears" would be the tag line.

[@user-tk6ms7jk6l]

I am never going to have the pure brass balls of Sitting Bull. If I were one of those soldiers, I would’ve just given up and resigned. Ain’t no way I’m fighting a man like that

[@user-tk6ms7jk6l]

Huh….didn’t expect that

[@oy_oy_nametaken]

CTS!!! LETS GO!

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@Sawaame]

🎉part 2 wahoo🎉

[@elpignouf4760]

Hello, great episode as always, quick question though. During the story at the end where sitting bull sat amidst a volley of bullets, how come he was never shot once? Is it due to the weapons of the time being extremely innacurate? Is it due to extra contracts the US millitary had to follow regarding their relations with the natives? Is it because the terrain was especially well suited for this (whether sitting bull was far, hidden, something else)? Is it because it is a legend and the truth is less romanticized? Was he wounded but not enough for it to actually handicap him? Thanks again for the episode!

[@benmiller6013]

I love that four horns had four feathers on his head like actual horns where on his haed

[@benmiller6013]

Head not haed

[@shwiftymemelord261]

that feather fasion they have is so cool

[@kekoa6]

Love you

[@THECHEESELORD69]

WHOAAH CALM DOWN BUDDY!!!!!!!!!

[@user-ji7kn3ul3v]

Love you too stranger

[@jorgehe83]

Similar situation to that of the Palestinians.

[@JaQuavisVr]

Cool vid

[@gljames24]

I used to live in Red Cloud, Nebraska!

[@saltreplacement]

7 minutes ago, epic🥳

[@Zemity_]

I thought the thumbnail was someone shooting at Sitting Bull. But then I looked harder and he’s just lighting one up 👌

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Heads up, Extra History: The captions are a little wrong. Ya might wanna check on them. For Bitting Bull's sake.

[@firebolt8296]

Hey uh if I may ask, could you guys talk about the Halifax explosion after all of the sitting bull episodes are done? Thanks.

[@Game_Hero]

3:35 Name that was an exonym given to the Lakota by the Ojibwe who were, let's say, not in good terms with them due to past actions, meaning "ennemies". Today it reffers to the three closely socioculturally linked nations of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota. Kinda like "Vainkakh" to reffer to the nations of the Chechens and Ingush. You really should do btw an episode on Russian's own Manifest Destiny, against the nations of the caucasus (especially the Circassians), the Crimeans (or crimean tatar), of the arctic, Central Asia and the Siberian lands.

[@hedigo3036]

7:53 seems he knew the enemy had clone trooper aim

[@THECHEESELORD69]

You mean storm trooper right?

[@ltfrunner123]

we taking land that isnt ours with this one 🗣🗣🔥

[@fredburns6846]

Does land even belong to anyone in the first place?

[@cgarzs]

I push x to doubt the chill smoking during a gunfight story

[@sourabhmayekar3354]

Nice

[@TimeFound]

Wait, was that a reference to space ship you at 9:04?

[@BuzryHaproMandalorianHunter]

You should talk about D.B. Cooper next. One of the most Wanted Robbers in Washington State history.

[@NL-ws5fv]

Okay, I'm just curious and please call me out if this is out of bounds for questioning but were those soldiers over 100 yards when firing or were they just really bad shots when Sitting Bull stood in their fire unarmed? It's amazing but the distance of the riflemen is kinda important in my opinion.

[@THECHEESELORD69]

They were not bad shots per se, but most troops at the time were not like sharpshooters.

[@rossbaird6673]

Something I always grapple with is putting myself into the mind of historical figures like sitting bull. What did he feel in that moment of calm? Did he trust wholly to his War magic, that his faith was protection? or did he grapple with fear and was motiviated by the very real political concern that he was considered craven?

[@THECHEESELORD69]

Well people believe in Jesus and god, how is the magic any different then our gods?

[@righthandstep5]

Canada also followed a similar history to the us and its treatment of indigenous Americans. The only difference is that our percentage of our population is higher than compared to the US.

[@THECHEESELORD69]

Unfortunately humans like killing each other for the most bearbones reasons.

[@MarcoCaprini-do3dq]

Sitting Bull is the definition of plot armor

[@carlsoll]

Woahhh O.O This one, *mannnn.*

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Do Bonifacio next!

[@epiceducation867]

Yay I'm in the first five hundred to watch this🎉

[@Black_CoreyNFin]

Damn lol those blue coats had the straight up stormtrooper aim

[@montyturner6511]

Sitting Bull has some iron brass balls to just walk casually towards them WHILE THEY'RE FIRING AT HIM. Wow.

[@tecpaocelotl]

I forget which episode of into the West the mini series had an episode that covered everything in this chapter. Lol

[@Kilgorio]

wow

[@ponianyoutube8071]

Bit of a small complaint. US troops should not have lever action repeaters, as they were still extremely rare and expensive. It would be much more accurate to give them Sprigfield '63s and Sharps carbines, which were more common during the American Civil War era.

[@THECHEESELORD69]

They will probably cover that in lies

[@marinamoraes6174]

Question, what are Sitting Bull and the other natives' non-English names?

[@freyadoesitall]

Please do a series on Grace O Malley, the Irish Pirate Queen

[@stevenuniverse1422]

Minié balls were not actually balls, but bullets like the ones we have today. They were extremely nasty.

[@ericbnielsen]

3:17 Can you please do a video about the corrupt Indian agent, why he ate grass and the execution in Mankato, Mn and how President Lincoln fit in to all of this.

[@Omnywrench]

That display of bravado must have been pretty demoralizing to the people shooting at them. Imagine shooting dozens of rounds at someone who's literally just sitting there like they're having a picnic and not hitting them once. I know guns were far less accurate back then but man, that'd be a serious blow to your ego there

[@P1XeLIsNotALittleSquare]

8:00 the origin of stormtroopers

[@willnoyes7019]

omg cells did a partnership

[@yodamen1237]

Yaaaaayyyyyyyy

[@allocater2]

Land back!

[@avenburton971]

Sitting bull had mega plot armor