Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse
Tȟašúŋke Witkó
	A 1934 sketch of Crazy Horse made by a Mormon missionary after interviewing Crazy Horse's sister, who claimed the depiction was accurate.
Oglala leader
Personal details
Born	Čháŋ Óhaŋ (lit. ''Among the Trees''); c. 1840; near Rapid Creek, Black Hills, unorganized U.S. territory
Died	September 5, 1877 (aged 36–37); Fort Robinson, Nebraska, U.S.
Cause of death	Bayonet wound
Spouses	Tȟašína Sápa Wiŋ (Black Shawl) (m. 1871); Nellie Larrabee (Laravie);
Relations	Little Hawk (brother);
Children	1
Nicknames	Pȟehíŋ Yuȟáȟa (Curly Son); Žiží (Light Hair);
Military service
Battles/wars	Fetterman Fight; Battle of the Rosebud; Battle of the Little Bighorn;

Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó^[2] [tˣaˈʃʊ̃kɛ witˈkɔ], lit. 'His-Horse-Is-Crazy'; c. 1840 – September 5, 1877)^[3] was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman Fight in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people.

In September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard while allegedly^[4]^[5] resisting imprisonment at Camp Robinson in present-day Nebraska. He was honored by the U.S. Postal Service in 1982 with a 13¢ Great Americans series postage stamp.

^ History Detectives, PBS (2009)
^ Lakota Language Consortium (2008). New Lakota Dictionary
^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names in the United States. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, p. 125
^ Salter Reynolds, Susan (December 26, 2010). "Book review: 'The Killing of Crazy Horse' by Thomas Powers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
^ "George Kills in Sight Describes the Death of Indian Leader Crazy Horse". History Matters. George Mason University.

[1] History Detectives, PBS (2009)

[2] Lakota Language Consortium (2008). New Lakota Dictionary

[3] Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names in the United States. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, p. 125

[4] Salter Reynolds, Susan (December 26, 2010). "Book review: 'The Killing of Crazy Horse' by Thomas Powers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[5] "George Kills in Sight Describes the Death of Indian Leader Crazy Horse". History Matters. George Mason University.

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