Walking Hunter, a Hunkpapa Sioux and a follower of Sitting Bull in 1876, was nearly 30 years old – mature for a fighting man – when he took part in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Seven years earlier, at age 23, he established his reputation as a warrior in...
White Eagle, an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, fought under He-Dog and Crazy Horse in the Battle of Little Big Horn. A cousin of Nicholas Black Elk, Sr., another veteran of the Custer fight whose portrait is included in this collection, White Eagle’s war honors...
William Standing Bear, a Sihasapa or Blackfeet Sioux (not to be confused with the Algonquian Blackfeet of Montana or Alberta), fought as a warrior under Chief Scabby Head at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Uncertain as to how many troopers he may have killed, Standing...
Sitting Eagle, an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, fought under He-Dog in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Acquitting himself bravely in the counterattack again Reno, in which he killed a trooper and counted three coups, Sitting Eagle witnessed a strange think in the...
Stephen Brave Bird, a Sichangu (Burnt Thigh) or Brule Sioux warrior aged 19 in 1876, fought under Crow Dog in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which he took a scalp, counted two coups, and captured eight cavalry horses. “I was about 19 there at Greasy Grass...
Straight Forehead, an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, fought under Big Road and Crazy Horse in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which he killed two soldiers and counted three coups on living enemies. “I used a lance and shield and a bow and arrows. A few of...
