lkmarus lkmarus 12-12-2019 History contestada 50 PTS TIMED Sitting Bull was important to the history of Native American because A He firmly opposed the advances of white settlers and led resistance to white occupation of western lands B By convincing Native Americans to move to reservations and assimilate into white culture C He was the first Native American elected to the U.S. Congress D Of his promise to the Sioux that they would never be forced to move from their lands