Who shot Sitting Bull during his arrest?
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Answer
Bull Head, a Native American police officer, fired the fatal shot that killed Sitting Bull during his arrest in 1890. Sitting Bull, a revered Hunkpapa Lakota leader, resisted arrest for refusing to comply with the U.S. government's assimilation policies. The arrest and subsequent shooting triggered widespread grief and outrage among Native American communities and remains a significant event in the history of Native American-U.S. relations.
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