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Which agency's police killed Sitting Bull?

  • Pine Ridge Agency

  • Cheyenne River Agency

  • Standing Rock Agency

  • Rosebud Agency

Answer

Standing Rock Agency police, under the command of Major James McLaughlin, arrested Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890, on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Sitting Bull resisted arrest and was shot and killed in the ensuing scuffle.
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