Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya "Touch the Clouds", Chief of the Minneconjou Lakota

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Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya "Touch the Clouds", Chief of the Minneconjou Lakota

Also Known As: "Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya", "Maȟpíya Íyapat’o", "Touch the Clouds"
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Death: September 05, 1905 (66-67)
South Ziebach, SD, United States
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Son of Chief Ha-wón-je-tah "Lone Horn" and Stands on the Ground
Father of Amos Charging First ., Chief of the Minneconjou Lakota
Brother of Unpan Glešká "Spotted Elk" Sitȟáŋka "Big Foot" ., Chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux; Frog; Hook Nose and NN Sister or Brother of Big Foot .

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About Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya "Touch the Clouds", Chief of the Minneconjou Lakota

Touch The Clouds (Lakota: Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya or Maȟpíya Íyapat'o) (c. 1838 – September 5, 1905) was a chief of the Minneconjou Teton Lakota (also known as Sioux) known for his bravery and skill in battle, physical strength and diplomacy in counsel. The youngest son of Lone Horn, he was brother to Spotted Elk, Frog, and Roman Nose. He was a cousin to Crazy Horse and stood 6'9" (219.3 cm) tall.

Touch the Clouds’ father, Chief Ha-wÓn-je-ta ‘Lone Horn’ had a sister, Ta-sina Hlahla Win, ‘Rattling Blanket Woman’. Rattling Blanket Woman was the mother of Chief Crazy Horse.

When Touch The Clouds's Wakpokinyan band split in the mid-1870s, the band traveled to the Cheyenne River Agency. He assumed the leadership of the band in 1875 after the death of his father and retained leadership during the initial period of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, he took the band north, eventually surrendering at the Spotted Tail Agency, where he enlisted in the Indian Scouts. However, not long after being present at the death of Crazy Horse, Touch the Clouds transferred with his band back to the Cheyenne River Agency.
Touch The Clouds became one of the new leaders of the Minneconjou at the Cheyenne River Agency in 1881, keeping his position until his death on September 5, 1905. Upon his death his son, Amos Charging First, took over as the new chief.

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