Plains
Indians at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Indian Scouts are listed in the Seventh
Cavalry section.
Anglicized
Name Index:
A•B•C•D•E•F•G•H•I•J•K•L•M•N•O•P•R•S•T•U•W•Y
Records
are not duplicated for those with alternate names.
Try the Google website search below to locate name variations.
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Anglicized
names have also been used when referring to the tribes:
Arapaho
= Hinono' cino'
(People of the Plains)
Arikara = Sahnish (people)
Cheyenne = Tsistsistas (the people)
Crow = Apsaalooke
(children of the large beaked bird)
Santee = Dakota (friend or ally)
Sioux
= Lakota (alliance of friends or we are allied)
Names
of bands of the Lakota have also been anglicized:
Blackfeet
= Sihasapa (feet blackened)
Brule = Sicangu (burnt thighs)
Hunkpapa = Hunkpapa (those that camp at the entrance)
Oglala = Oglala (those that scatter their own)
Minniconjou = Mnicoujou (plants by the waters)
Sans Arc = Itazipco (those that hunt without bows)
Two Kettle = Oohenumpa (two kettles)
Sources:
Thanks
to the individuals who have provided information — John L. Brewer, Jim
Byrnes, Ephriam
D. Dickson III, Jim Donovan, Joy and Gary Gilbert, Frederic
C. Wagner III — and to the following websites:
Cheyenne
Genealogy
Faces of Little Bighorn: the David Humphreys Miller Collection
Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield
Grandfather's
Spirit
Indian
Country Today
Nebraska State Historical Society
Oklahoma State University Digital Collections
