Sitting Bull and his his remaining followers return to the United States from Canada after facing starvation and lack of resources and surrendered to U.S. Army officials on July 19–20, 1881 at Fort Buford, North Dakota.
This marked the end of their exile following the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877. Sitting Bull and his people were relocated to the Standing Rock Agency in the Dakota Territory where he initially resisted adapting to reservation life. He joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show for a time. More