Sitting Bull in their land, as specified in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. It was alarmed at reports of Sioux depredations (encouraged by Sitting Bull). In November 1875, President Grant ordered all Sioux bands outside the Great Sioux Reservation to move onto the reservation, knowing full well that not all would comply. As of February 1, 1876, the Interior Department certified as "hostile" those bands who continued to live off the reservation. This certification allowed the military to pursue Sitting Bull and other Lakota bands as "hostiles". Based on tribal oral histories, historian Margot Liberty theorizes many Lakota bands allied with
Sitting Bull Family Foundation the Lakota culture and language to young people. These efforts also incorporate environmental and genealogical teachings for the community as a whole. Sitting Bull Family Foundation is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of South Dakota and recognized as a public charity by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), tax exempt under section 501(c)(3). Sitting Bull Family Foundation The Sitting Bull Family Foundation (SBFF) was founded by Ernie Lapointe. According to the organization's website, its mission is to offer the accurate oral history of Sitting Bull through storytelling, by sharing his exemplary cultural and spiritual way of life, and