American Horse

American Horse

male, deceased (1876)
George Hyde, Anson Mills, Cheyenne River Agency, Miniconjou, Battle of Slim Buttes, nineteenth century…PlainsIndian
American Horse (ca. 1820?-1876) was a minor headman of the Miniconjou Lakota during the Plains Indian wars of the last half of the nineteenth...
Mari Sandoz

Mari Sandoz

female, deceased (1966)
settler, from Nebraska, PlainsIndian, Biographer, Pioneers by field, novelist
Marie Susette Sandoz (May 11, 1896 - March 10, 1966) was a novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She was one of Nebraska's foremost writers,...

Catherine Weldon

female
Lakotas, Native American, Native Americans' rights activist, Ghost Dance Movement, PlainsIndian, plains tribes
Catherine Weldon was a widow from New York whose commitment to the cause of Native Americans led her to the Indian territories of the Lakotas in...
Chief Blackbird

Chief Blackbird

male, deceased (1800)
PlainsIndian, Date of birth unknown, British, from Nebraska, Native American, spanish…Great Plains, plains
Chief Blackbird (Wash-ing-guhsah-ba) (born before 1750, died 1800) was the leader of the Omaha Native American Indian tribe who commanded the trade...
John Rowand

John Rowand

male, deceased (1854)
Blackfoot, cree, Fur trader, From Montreal, North West Company, PlainsIndian
John Rowand (c. 1787 - 30 May 1854) was a fur trader for the North West Company. Rowand arrived in Edmonton, Alberta in 1804. He became respected...