Seventh Cavalry

separator

Plains Indians

separator

Articles

separator

Books

separator

Book Reviews

separator

Links

separator

Message Boards

separator

Blog

separator

Home

separator

Questions?

©2004-2020
Diane Merkel

Reproduction in whole or in part without prior written consent is prohibited.

 

Plains Indians at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Indian Scouts are listed in the Seventh Cavalry section.

Anglicized Name Index:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWY

Records are not duplicated for those with alternate names.
Try the Google website search below to locate name variations.

Enjoy some music as you browse. . . .

Gathering of Nations Radio

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