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    - 1970 "Rugged American Series" bronze token / Husky Oil Company
    - Minted by the Franklin Mint for the Husky Oil Co. / (13 in series)
    - "Sitting Bull" / (1") in diameter / bronze / uncirculated condition
    - Obverse: Sitting Bull / Reverse: The Sioux Tribe - Buffalo symbol
    - In 1970, Husky Oil Co. would give out these "Rugged American" tokens upon purchases made at their gas stations. - Also provided was a cardboard game board with cut-outs so these could be pressed into the corresponding slots.
    ** Sitting Bull (also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; c. 1831-1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies. Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull had a vision in which he saw the defeat of the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on June 25, 1876. Sitting Bull's leadership motivated his people to a major victory. Months after their victory at the battle, Sitting Bull and his group left the United States for Wood Mountain, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan), where he remained until 1881, at which time he surrendered to U.S. forces. After working as a performer, Sitting Bull returned to the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota where he was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement.

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