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Article Title: The War Club of Sitting Bull the Oglala

Full Citation: Harry H Anderson, “The War Club of Sitting Bull the Oglala,” Nebraska History 42 (1961): 55-62

URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1961WarClub.pdf Date: 11/23/2011

Article Summary: When Northern Indians tried to destroy a new flag pole inside the Red Cloud Agency stockade in 1874, Sitting Bull and his Oglalas protected it from the attackers until soldiers could reach the site. Sitting Bull’s weapon was a famous three-bladed war club.

Cataloging Information:

Names: Nelson A Miles, Sitting Bull, JJ Saville

Place Names: Red Cloud Agency

Keywords: Nelson A Miles, Henry repeating rifle, Sitting Bull, Oglala Sioux, “Flag Pole Affair,” war club, JJ Saville

Photographs / Images: author’s sketch comparing Sitting Bull’s 1868 and 1874 war clubs; exhibit from the Museum of the American Indian containing the three-bladed club; picture taken at Fort Laramie in 1868 showing Packs a Drum or Sitting Bull holding the two-bladed club