Do not confuse with Ponca Chief, Standing Bear
Sicangu Lakota, Spotted Tail’s band, but went to live at Pine Ridge Reservation with the Oglala people after Spotted Tail’s death.
Fought in the Battl...
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8/29/2023
Do not confuse with Ponca Chief, Standing Bear
Sicangu Lakota, Spotted Tail’s band, but went to live at Pine Ridge Reservation with the Oglala people after Spotted Tail’s death.
Fought in the Battl...
8/29/2023
United States Army Officer. A distinguished Civil War soldier who was later killed at the Little Big Horn, the best known battle of the Indian Wars,
Keogh first captured the popular imagination as th...
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10/17/2018
5/12/2023
United States Army Officer. A distinguished Civil War soldier who was later killed at the Little Big Horn, the best known battle of the Indian Wars,
Keogh first captured the popular imagination as th...
5/12/2023
Fool Dog MP
(c.1830 - c.1899)
"Indian Name : Ta-shunka-wit-ko"
Fool Dog got his name in childhood from his father for his joking demeanor. Fool Dog participated in the battles of Little Bighorn and Rosebud on the side of Sioux. He died a few years after wedding of...
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11/6/2011
12/7/2019
Fool Dog MP
(c.1830 - c.1899)
"Indian Name : Ta-shunka-wit-ko"
Fool Dog got his name in childhood from his father for his joking demeanor. Fool Dog participated in the battles of Little Bighorn and Rosebud on the side of Sioux. He died a few years after wedding of...
12/7/2019
First and only person to be hanged for murder in Knox County, Ohio.Served as private in Co. A of the 121st OVI. Survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn by missing it when Custer sent him to deliver ...
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3/1/2019
3/1/2019
First and only person to be hanged for murder in Knox County, Ohio.Served as private in Co. A of the 121st OVI. Survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn by missing it when Custer sent him to deliver ...
3/1/2019
James D. Abbott was a solder in the US Army. He first served in the Union Army during the American Civil War in Company A, 3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on May 4, 1864 and mustered in on ...
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5/11/2017
5/11/2017
James D. Abbott was a solder in the US Army. He first served in the Union Army during the American Civil War in Company A, 3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on May 4, 1864 and mustered in on ...
5/11/2017
Chief Mahpiya Luta l (Red Cloud)
Born 20 Sep 1822 in Lakota Nation (now North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)
Died 10 Dec 1909 at age 87 in Shannon, South Dakota, United States
Son of L...
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10/26/2008
7/24/2016
Chief Mahpiya Luta l (Red Cloud)
Born 20 Sep 1822 in Lakota Nation (now North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)
Died 10 Dec 1909 at age 87 in Shannon, South Dakota, United States
Son of L...
7/24/2016
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Thomas W. Stivers, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on Ju...
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3/29/2012
5/4/2016
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Thomas W. Stivers, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on Ju...
5/4/2016
Richard Roberts accompanied the Custer column to the Little Bighorn as a civilian herder and part-time correspondent for the New York Sun. He had to drop out 70 miles from the Little Bighorn when his p...
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11/7/2012
4/30/2016
Richard Roberts accompanied the Custer column to the Little Bighorn as a civilian herder and part-time correspondent for the New York Sun. He had to drop out 70 miles from the Little Bighorn when his p...
4/30/2016
Hollow Wood (ca. 1856- 1930s) was a Lakota woman who earned the right to wear a warbonnet because of her valor at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Her husband's name was Hollow Wood. He was a Cheyenne, w...
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11/29/2015
11/29/2015
Hollow Wood (ca. 1856- 1930s) was a Lakota woman who earned the right to wear a warbonnet because of her valor at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Her husband's name was Hollow Wood. He was a Cheyenne, w...
11/29/2015
W. Goldin (July 25, 1858–February 15, 1935) served in the United States Army during the American Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.Gold...
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3/18/2015
3/18/2015
W. Goldin (July 25, 1858–February 15, 1935) served in the United States Army during the American Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.Gold...
3/18/2015
Dorman (died June 25, 1876) was a former slave who served as an interpreter for the United States Army during the Indian Wars. He perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn, the only black man killed in ...
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3/18/2015
3/18/2015
Dorman (died June 25, 1876) was a former slave who served as an interpreter for the United States Army during the Indian Wars. He perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn, the only black man killed in ...
3/18/2015
was a mixed breed horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer's detachment of the United States 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.The horse was bought by the U.S. Army in 1868 in S...
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3/18/2015
3/18/2015
was a mixed breed horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer's detachment of the United States 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.The horse was bought by the U.S. Army in 1868 in S...
3/18/2015
Hawk (Oglala Lakota: Čhetáŋ Kiŋyáŋ; a/k/a Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history...
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11/4/2011
2/20/2015
Hawk (Oglala Lakota: Čhetáŋ Kiŋyáŋ; a/k/a Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history...
2/20/2015
Bear (March 18, 1846 – May 28, 1904), also called Matȟó Wanáȟtake,[1][2] was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. He fought in several battles with his brother, Flyi...
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11/4/2011
2/20/2015
Bear (March 18, 1846 – May 28, 1904), also called Matȟó Wanáȟtake,[1][2] was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. He fought in several battles with his brother, Flyi...
2/20/2015
Short Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Ptéčela; ca. 1851–1935) was a member of Soreback Band, Oglala Lakota, and a participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He became a headman during the early twentieth...
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2/20/2015
2/20/2015
Short Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Ptéčela; ca. 1851–1935) was a member of Soreback Band, Oglala Lakota, and a participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He became a headman during the early twentieth...
2/20/2015
He Dog (ca. 1840–1936). A member of the Oglala Lakota, He Dog was closely associated with Crazy Horse during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77.
Born in the spring of 1840 on the headwaters of the Cheye...
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4/5/2012
2/20/2015
He Dog (ca. 1840–1936). A member of the Oglala Lakota, He Dog was closely associated with Crazy Horse during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77.
Born in the spring of 1840 on the headwaters of the Cheye...
2/20/2015
Walter Keogh (March 25, 1840 – June 25, 1876) was an Irish soldier. Serving the armies of the Papal States during a rebellion in Italy, he was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil Wa...
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1/28/2015
2/4/2015
Walter Keogh (March 25, 1840 – June 25, 1876) was an Irish soldier. Serving the armies of the Papal States during a rebellion in Italy, he was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil Wa...
2/4/2015
Moon Wi Sapa (c. 1821–March 1, 1893) was a Miniconjou Lakota headman with the northern Lakota during the nineteenth century, not to be confused with the Hunkpapa leader by the same name. BiographyVirtu...
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2/2/2015
2/2/2015
Moon Wi Sapa (c. 1821–March 1, 1893) was a Miniconjou Lakota headman with the northern Lakota during the nineteenth century, not to be confused with the Hunkpapa leader by the same name. BiographyVirtu...
2/2/2015
One Bull MP
(c.1853 - 1947)
"Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla (One Bull)", "Henery Oscar One Bull", "Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla", "adopted by Sitting Bull"
Oscar One Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla in Standard Lakota Orthography[1]%29 (circa 1853-1947) was a Lakota Sioux man best known for being the nephew and adopted son of the great holy man, Sitting Bu...
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11/5/2011
2/2/2015
One Bull MP
(c.1853 - 1947)
"Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla (One Bull)", "Henery Oscar One Bull", "Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla", "adopted by Sitting Bull"
Oscar One Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla in Standard Lakota Orthography[1]%29 (circa 1853-1947) was a Lakota Sioux man best known for being the nephew and adopted son of the great holy man, Sitting Bu...
2/2/2015
Camillo DeRudio, originally Carlo Camillo Di Rudio, (August 26, 1832 – November 1, 1910) was an Italian aristocrat, would-be assassin of Napoleon III, and later a career U.S. Army officer who fought in...
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2/2/2015
2/2/2015
Camillo DeRudio, originally Carlo Camillo Di Rudio, (August 26, 1832 – November 1, 1910) was an Italian aristocrat, would-be assassin of Napoleon III, and later a career U.S. Army officer who fought in...
2/2/2015