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Post by mdenney on Feb 6, 2007 1:47:41 GMT -5
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Post by mdenney on Feb 6, 2007 1:50:17 GMT -5
Indian Warriors Posted Monday, March 6, 2006 INDIAN WARRIORS AT THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN, 25-26 JUNE 1876 Please Note: INDIAN NAME CHANGING CUSTOMS ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. Some of THESE NAMES may appear to be offensive or inappropriate but historically, these are CLOWN OR JOKING names that some Lakota families purchased from fellow tribal members and gave to young family members during the Nineteenth Century. Clown names were meant to be humorous when called out during special tribal gatherings and events. THESE NAMES MIGHT BE RETAINED LATER IN LIFE, WHEN OTHER NAMES HAD BEEN GIVEN AWAY. These names as shown below are as recorded on surrender ledgers, agency census records, etc. Some examiners of the list have concluded that these names show that a successful joke was played on the recorder and the interpreter. Modern research has shown that there were nowhere near the huge numbers of Indian warriors protecting their families and homes as has been popularized since the battle concluded. Most modern scholars believe, for example, that there were about 90 some Northern Cheyenne warriors in the battles with Reno, Benteen, and Custer. Granted, numbers as high as 3000 have been given for the Northern Cheyennes but census records, testimony, and other records all indicate that this high a number was impossible for the 1876 period of time. The most often cited study, particularly about the Cheyennes, is that by Harry Anderson published in the North Dakota Historical Quarterly in 1960 entitled Cheyennes at the Little Bighorn ‚ A Study in Statistics. The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger edited by Thomas R. Buecker and R. Eli Paul and published in 1994 by the Nebraska State Historical Society identifies by name the 899 men, women, and children who rode with Crazy Horse. There 217 men, 312 women, 186 boys, and 184 girls. This reference also provides a detailed discussion of census records, etc. both before and after the 1876 Little Big Horn battle. The most often cited study of the Indian encampment is that of John Gray in his classic Centennial Campaign: The Sioux War of 1876 published in 1976 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Two recent studies build on Gray’s analysis and that of some earlier students such as Dr. Robert Marquis. Richard Fox’s Archaeology, History, and Custer’s Last Battle published in 1993 by the University of Oklahoma Press and Greg Michno’s Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer’s Defeat published by Mountain Press Publishing Company in 1997 all define the village more realistically than the popular histories of the battle. The warrior listing below contains sources of the individuals and in the case of the Little Big Horn casualties also where on the battlefield they met their death. Warriors at Little Big Horn 1876 link below- www.cbhma.org/Research/participants/indian-warriors.shtml
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Post by mdenney on Mar 5, 2007 0:42:36 GMT -5
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Post by mdenney on Mar 11, 2007 1:41:48 GMT -5
Repost for because of update on page Famous Native American Indian Chiefs,Leaders & Warriors September 20, 2005 : 416 Chiefs & Leaders listed. link below- www.axel-jacob.de/main_chief.html
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