“go north and fight until not a white man is left.”
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Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band and one of the most renowned Native American figures of the nineteenth century. Known for his commitment to defending Lakota lands and lifeways, he emerged as a central figure in the northern Great Plains during a period of intense conflict with the United States. Crazy Horse resisted U.S. expansion into the Powder River Country, rejecting tre…
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politics · Lakota war leader (c. 1840–1877) · politician · traditional leader or chief · also Crazy Horse, His-Horse-Is-Crazy, Among the Trees, Horse
Born 4 December 1849 · Died 5 September 1877 · Q44555
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2026· 16 entries
“deplored alcohol and its effect on tribes.”
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Kulturklik: Aste Nagusia de Bilbao 2026 (Crazy Horse): THE NEATBEATS
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Far Out Magazine: Neil Young believed Crazy Horse were most like The Rolling Stones
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Video Exploring Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota - ABC News
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curlytales.com: Dubai: Paris’ Legendary Crazy Horse Cabaret Is Opening At Jumeirah Zabeel Saray This November
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t.co: 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' (ROD STEWART / CRAZY HORSE) Cover by The HSCC
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whatson.ae: Sizzling cabaret Crazy Horse Paris to open in Dubai this November
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Sail-World.com: Crazy Horse - Aloha Class winner in the 2026 Ida Lewis Distance Race - Sail-World.com
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The Times of India: In 1942, Crazy Horse’s sacred medicine bundle was buried underground in Nebraska; decades later, the fami
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Architektura & Biznes: Interiors of the House Among the Trees | mode:lina™
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CBS News: What Minnesotans can learn when they go visit the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota
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Yahoo: Minnesota families make Crazy Horse Memorial part of their South Dakota road trips
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Yahoo: 8 decades later and work on the Crazy Horse Memorial is still going
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CBS News: Nearly 8 decades later, the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota is still taking shape
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CBS News: Nearly 80 years later and the Crazy Horse Memorial is still taking shape
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2025· 1 entry
CounterPunch: Crazy Horse and Anti-Colonial Resistance
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2024· 1 entry
American Songwriter: Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Love Earth Tour 2024: How To Buy Tickets and Upcoming Dates
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1982· 1 entry
With a 13¢ Great Americans series postage stamp, and the Crazy Horse School in Wanblee, South Dakota is named after him
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1948· 1 entry
By Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziółkowski, who had previously worked under Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore; upon completion, it will measure 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high, making it the largest sc
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1927· 1 entry
To influenza during the outbreaks of the 1920s
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1881· 1 entry
At the hands of warriors from a rival tribe
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1877· 12 entries
Died 1877-09-05.
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Two columns moved against Crazy Horse's village, only to find it had scattered overnight—Crazy Horse having fled to the Spotted Tail Agency with his ailing wife
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Young Black Fox commanded Crazy Horse's warriors in the latter's absence—a display of courage that earned him the regard of both Lakota and white observers alike
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Roughly 900 Oglala warriors accompanied him
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Crazy Horse's warriors fought their last major engagement at the Battle of Wolf Mountain, pitting roughly 600 Lakota and Cheyenne against 450 soldiers in a blizzard along the Tongue River in Montana Territory
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“A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.”
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“Ustedes, hombres blancos, trabajan si lo desean. Nosotros no los interrumpimos, y siempre dicen: ¿por qué no se civilizan? ¡No queremos vuestra civilización! Viviremos como lo hicieron nuestros padres, y como los padres de ellos lo hicieron antes.”
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“My lands are where my dead lie buried.”
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“Nadie vende la tierra sobre la que caminamos.”
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“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
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And even "tried hard" to get the war chief photographed, doubted that any picture of him was ever captured
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“Variante: «Hoy es un buen día para morir.”
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1876· 3 entries
Comprised four distinct engagements—Captain Anson Mills's pre-dawn assault on a sleeping Lakota village, the ravine fight surrounding the surrender and death of (Old Man) American Horse, Crazy Horse's counterattack that
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In what became known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's 7th Cavalry attacked a massive Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho encampment along the Little Bighorn River—badly underestimating both the size of th
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Crazy Horse was among the Lakota and Cheyenne leaders who struck General George Crook's column of more than 1,000 troops and 250 Crow and Shoshone auxiliaries along Rosebud Creek in what became known as the Battle of the
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1870· 1 entry
And their subsequent pursuit by Crazy Horse's retinue that Black Buffalo Woman "gave in to Crazy Horse's attention" and left her children in the care of friends to accompany him on the endeavor
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1867· 1 entry
Crazy Horse led the Oglala contingent in the Wagon Box Fight, part of a coordinated Lakota and Cheyenne strike against Fort Phil Kearny's wood-cutting operation
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1866· 1 entry
During Red Cloud's War, Crazy Horse led a decoy party that lured Captain William J
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1865· 1 entry
Crazy Horse was named an Ogle Tanka Un ("Shirt Wearer", or war leader) by the tribe
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1864· 1 entry
After the Third Colorado Cavalry decimated Cheyenne and Arapaho in the Sand Creek Massacre, Oglala and Minneconjou bands allied with them against the U
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1854· 1 entry
A dispute over a cow belonging to a Mormon emigrant party encamped near Fort Laramie precipitated a confrontation that would prove formative for the young Crazy Horse
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1849· 1 entry
Born 1849-12-04.
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1844· 1 entry
An Oglala raiding party attempted to steal some horses from the Crow but were discovered; among the raiding party was Rattling Blanket Woman's brother, He Crow, who was killed along with thirty-eight other Oglala tribesm
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1810· 1 entry
Was also named Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse)
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