In this video adapted from Custer's Last Stand | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, learn about Sitting Bull, the charismatic leader of the Lakota Sioux Nation. Sitting Bull had already been acknowledged for his bravery and spirituality for over a decade when he led his forces to victory in the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. The victory was short-lived, however, as U.S. forces quickly decimated the Indians and Sitting Bull was forced to retreat to Canada.