Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

male, deceased (1877)
Oglala Lakota, Lakota tribe, lakota, leader, Federal Government, Native American
Crazy Horse (ca. 1840 - September 5, 1877) was a respected war leader of the Oglala Lakota, who fought against the U.S. federal government in an...
Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

male, deceased (1890)
7th Cavalry, American, U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, Native American, Sioux Wars, American army…lakota
Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man. He is notable in American and Native American history in large part for his major victory at...
Red Cloud

Red Cloud

male, deceased (1909)
Makhpiya Luta, U. S., Lakota language, leader, Lakota tribe, oglala sioux…lakota
Red Cloud (Lakota: Makhpiya Luta), (1822-December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). One of the most capable enemies the U....
Black Elk

Black Elk

male, deceased (1950)
Catholic, Roman Catholic, writer, Native American, lakota, Lakota tribe
Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) (c. December 1863 - August 17 or August 19, 1950 (sources differ) was a famous "Wichasha Wakan" (Medicine Man or Holy Man)...
Lame Deer

Lame Deer

male, deceased (1976)
Tahca Ushte, Lakota language, activist, lakota, rodeo clown, rodeo…Lakota tribe
Lame Deer, (in Lakota "Tahca Ushte"; 1900 or 1903-1976, sources differ), also known as John Fire, John (Fire) Lame Deer and later The Old Man, was...
American Horse

American Horse

male, deceased (1876)
George Hyde, Anson Mills, Cheyenne River Agency, Miniconjou, Battle of Slim Buttes, nineteenth century…Lakota tribe, lakota
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...
Wovoka

Wovoka

deceased (1932)
Christian, christian theology, Native American, lakota, solar eclipse, magic trick
Wovoka (c. 1856 - September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Northern Paiute religious leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement....
Billy Mills

Billy Mills

male, 71 years old
University of Kansas alumni, from the United States, Haskell Indian Nations University, track and field athlete, 1964 Summer Olympics, All-America…lakota, Lakota tribe
William ("Billy") Mills (born June 30, 1938) is the only American ever to win an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meter run which he did at the...
Spotted Tail

Spotted Tail

male, deceased (1881)
Native American, lakota, Lakota tribe, Murdered Native American, ulysses grant, leader
Sinte Gleska was a Brulé Lakota tribal chief. Although a great warrior in his youth, he declined to participate in Red Cloud's War, having become c...
Kevin Locke

Kevin Locke

male
Baha'i Faith, Native American, Earth Summit, Tokeya Inajin, Lakota language, National Spiritual Assembly…Lakota tribe, lakota
Kevin Locke (Lakota name: Tokeya Inajin, meaning "The First to Arise") is a Lakota/Anishinaabe Native American flutist and hoop dancer. Locke has...