Sitting Bull
As American settlers relentlessly move west during the mid 19th century, they increasingly encroach on Native American lands, until a legendary Lakota leader emerges, one determined to fight back. From Executive Producers Leonardo DiCaprio, Crystal Echo Hawk, Larry Pourier, Dee Jay Two Bears and Stephen David, and in partnership with IllumiNative, Sitting Bull is a four-hour documentary event charting the extraordinary life of the renowned leader of the Lakota people. Refusing to back down, Sitting Bull gathers an unprecedented alliance of Native nations, battles General Custer at Little Bighorn, becomes an international celebrity with Buffalo Bill Cody, and fights against seemingly impossible odds to save his people and their culture.
- 2025-2025
- 1 season
- History Channel
- Documentary, Action & Adventure
As American settlers relentlessly move west during the mid 19th century, they increasingly encroach on Native American lands, until a legendary Lakota leader emerges, one determined to fight back. From Executive Producers Leonardo DiCaprio, Crystal Echo Hawk, Larry Pourier, Dee Jay Two Bears and Stephen David, and in partnership with IllumiNative, Sitting Bull is a four-hour documentary event charting the extraordinary life of the renowned leader of the Lakota people. Refusing to back down, Sitting Bull gathers an unprecedented alliance of Native nations, battles General Custer at Little Bighorn, becomes an international celebrity with Buffalo Bill Cody, and fights against seemingly impossible odds to save his people and their culture.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2025
Episode 1
Nations Collide
Tue, May 27, 2025 86 mins
In the wake of the Civil War, American settlers and soldiers flood into the Great Plains, seizing Native American land as they go. But the Lakota leader, Sitting Bull, alongside renowned warrior, Crazy Horse, organizes an unprecedented resistance movement to fight back against the encroaching US Army.
Episode 2
Never Give In
Wed, May 28, 2025 85 mins
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse face George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry in the most famous battle of the American West at Little Bighorn.