Mary Spotted Tail

Sicangu Lakota
AKA: Mary Shell

• Married Chief William 'Stays at Home' Spotted Tail
• Their children: Jennie 'Sitting In Sight', Nellie 'Hears Horses', Emma, Elizabeth, Stephen, John, Lillian and Throwing Fist Spotted Tail
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204587482/mary-spotted_tail

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"Stephen Spotted Tail, 74, a lifetime member of the Episcopal Church, tribal councilman for over 20 years, active member of the American Legion for over two decades, and an Indian cattle rancher, died Jan. 11 at Rosebud. He was the grandson of famed Sioux Chief Spotted Tail who led his people from their traditional homes near Ft. Laramie, Wyo. to the Rosebud Res. in 1878. He was born to William and Mary (Crockery) Spotted Tail in Valentine, Neb., Oct. 10, 1896. He attended school at St. Francis, Mission, and Rapid City before entering the U.S. Army where he served overseas during WWI. He married Minnie Star Boy and they had three children: William, Sylvan, and Neola. In 1924 he married Emma Iron Shell and they had seven children: Cornelia, Esther, Dennis, Calvin, Isabel, Norval, and Mary Jane. In 1957 he wed Nellie Red Fish. They had no children. Last rites were held at the Parmelee Community Center to accommodate more than 400 mourners. Burial was in the Holy Innocents Cemetery at Parmelee with full military honors by the American Legion." (Rosebud Sioux Herald, 25 January 1971)
http://rosebudrez.com/community/parmelee/cankuwakan2.html

• United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDR1-J58 : 13 March 2018), Crockery in entry for William Spotted Tail, 1922; citing Pension, South Dakota, NARA microfilm publication T318 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 821,620.