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, 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 running...

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, 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, 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...

Long Commander (Fast Hawk), an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, was one of Crazy Horse's ardent followers in the Battle of Little Big horn. After forcing Reno's command into a headlong retreat, Long Commander and his fellow warriors followed Crazy horse in a sweeping...

Louis Looking Horse, a Hunkpapa Sioux, was one of Sitting Bull's younger yet wildest followers in 1876. After the Battle of Little Big Horn, in which he fought in the later phases, he was among those Sioux who fled with Sitting Bull to Grand-Mother's Land Canada,...

Jacob Little Skunk, a Minneconjou Sioux warrior aged 16 in 1876, fought under Fast Bull and High-Backbone, fighting leaders of the Little Big Horn. He was among a mass of warriors who surrounded and annihilated the last 30 troopers of Custer's command toward the end...

James Comes Again, an Oglala Sioux apprentice warrior in 1876, witnessed much of the Battle of Little Bighorn, before joining a large party of youngsters who got in on the tail-end of the fighting in the final surround of Custer's immediate command. He later became a...

John Did Not Go Home, an Itazipcho or Sansarc Sioux warrior aged 15 in 1876, fought under Chief Spotted Eagle, fighting Sansarc leader at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He was in both the counterattack against Reno's command and the final surround and annihilation...

John Dives Backward, a Northern Cheyenne 12 year old in 1876, was among the first of the tribe at the start of the Little Big Horn to see the approach of attacking troopers under Reno. He later fought valiantly with other youngsters under the Cheyenne Chief Ice. "The...

John Moves Camp, an Oglala Sioux, veteran of the Battle of Little Big horn, was 89 when Miller painted his portrait in 1941. "I didn't stay on to see the final killing of the wounded Wasicuns or some scalping and mutilations done by our women and a few youngsters. The...

John Sitting Bull, adopted deaf-mute son of the famed Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, was 14 years of age in 1876 and fought bravely, if briefly, in the early phases of the battle. At Wounded Knee in 1890, his rifle fired accidentally before he could surrender it...

John Strange Owl, a Northern Cheyenne warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Old Man Coyote in the Battle of Little Big Horn. "I am 'Tsis-tsis-tsas' (Cheyenne). This is our land. We have been here many years. Nobody bothered us much until Long Hair (Custer) came...

Johnson Little Warrior, an Oglala Sioux member of Chief Big Road's band, took part as an 11-year old apprentice warrior in the closing phases of the Battle of Little Big Horn. After witnessing the defeat and retreat of Reno's command and the encirclement of Custer's...

Jonas Holy Rock, an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, fought under Big Road and Crazy horse at the Battle of Little Big Horn, in which he captured five cavalry horses and counted two coups. In 1890, he served as a United States Army scout and had the reputation of being...

An Oglala Sioux warrior of 16 in 1876, fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn under his cousin Crazy Horse, brilliant tribal war leader. In 1950, he was killed by a careless hit-and-run motorist while at the side of a road. "I heard a bugle blow. Women screamed and...

Henry Kills Alive, a Hunkpapa Sioux, veteran of the Battle of Little Big Horn, was 87 when Miller painted his portrait in 1939. Loyal to Sitting Bull in earlier times, he took part in that leader's assassination in 1890 during the Ghost Dance uprising. "We were all...

Joseph White Cow Bull, an Oglala Sioux warrior aged 38 in 1876, joined three Cheyenne warriors to defend a ford when troops under George A. Custer charged down Medicine Tail Coulee to attack the Indian village. Exchanging shots with a buckskin-clad leader who may well...

Henry Little Soldier (Henry Sitting Bull), one of Sitting Bull's sons, fought as a youthful warrior in the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. In 1890, he witnessed his father's assassination by Indian policemen, fled south with other Hunkpapas to join Chief Big Foot's...