Grasslands National Park; Chief Sitting Bull sought sanctuary here after the Battle of Little Bighorn

After the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, Chief Sitting Bull and 4,000 Lakota Sioux sought sanctuary in Canada. They camped at five waterways (including the Frenchman River) in what is now Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. The legendary Will James later homesteaded here in 1911 at the famous 76 Ranch, one of the oldest and largest ranches in Canada, to learn the cowboy way of life. He would become the popular author and illustrator of 25 books on the west. Grasslands National Park represents the northernmost range of the Prairie Dog and is now again home to the native bison.