Philip White Bird

Philip White Bird, a Hunkpapa Sioux follower of Sitting Bull in 1876, fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn at Gall. By 1890, however, he was an Indian policeman serving standing rock agent James McLaughlin. In the fierce fighting following the assassination of...

Red Feather

Red Feather, an Assiniboine or Stony Sioux warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Scabby Head of the Sihasapa or Blackfeet Sioux at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. One of a small party of Assiniboines visiting Yanktonnai Sioux relatives at Little Big Horn, Red Feather...

Red Fox

Red Fox, a Northern Cheyenne apprentice warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Two Moon in the Battle of Little Big Horn, later scouted for the United States Army against the Sioux. “You ask about my name. When I was born, I guess my grandfather saw a red fox...

Red Paint

Red Paint, an Oglala Sioux warrior aged 18 in 1876, fought under Crazy Horse in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which he counted four coups, took two scalps and captured an army carbine and three cavalry horses. “To us certain colors have much significance...

Sherman Sage

Sherman Sage, one of a handful of Northern Arapahos who fought in the battle, was also called Well-Knowing One. Age 23 in 1876, Sage later became a famed medicine-man of his tribe. In 1889, he was instrumental in starting the Ghost Dance among his people, from whom...

Little Chief

Little Chief, a Northern Cheyenne warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Lame White Man in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Fishing upstream from the Indian village, Little Chief, White Shield, and other Cheyenne, and his nephew Dives Backward, were among the first to...