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He was wounded by Lieutenant Bull Head and then killed by Sergeant Red Tomahawk in a hassle at the Standing Rock Agency when the Indian Police tried to take him into custody. Sitting Bull's followers were trying to protect him and the situation got out of hand.

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The date of Sitting Bulls birth is not know, but it is believed to be around 1831.

He died on December 15, 1890 which would have made him about 59 years old.

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At the Standing Rock Indian reservation in South Dakota, in 1890
He died while he was in his tipi. Actually, he died in a prison during an attemted breakout.

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On december15, 1890 sitting bull was assassinated he was 59 yrs (years) old when he was assassinated.

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