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Diane Merkel

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Plains Indians at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:

Bad Arm
Sioux

Participated
29 December 1890
Unknown

Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bad Bear
Hunkpapa Sioux

Fought with Turning Hawk
Unknown

Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bad Hand
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
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Indian Name:
Born:
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Wife:
Son:
Daughter:
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:
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Role During Battle:
Death:

Bad Heart Bull
Mad Bull or Bull Without a Heart
Tatanka Cante Sica
circa 1846-47
He Dog (Sunka Bloka)
Red Blanket (Tasin Aluta Win)
Eagle Bonnet (Wanbli Wapaha), born circa 1869
One Who Saves Life (Wani Kiya), born circa 1873
Oglala Sioux
Soreback (Cankahuhan) Band
Among first of the Oglala to fight Reno's men upon their approach to the village
28 August 1913



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Bad Horse
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bad Horse
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bad Lake
Sioux

May have participated; in village during the Rosebud fight
Unknown



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Indian Name:

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Role During Battle:
Death:

Bad Light Hair
Bad Yellow Hair
Pehin Zi Sica
Oglala Sioux

Killed fighting Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Territory



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bad Minneconjues
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bad Partisan
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Other Event:
Death:

Bad Soup
Bad Juice
Hunkpapa Sioux

Participated in battle; recognized Custer
Visited Fort Lincoln once before the battle
Unknown



Name:
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Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bad Sucker
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Also Known as:
Born:

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Role During Battle:
May 1877:
1926:
Death:

Bad Warrior
Ezekial Bad Warrior
1 January 1856
Sans Arc Sioux

Unknown
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
At Cheyenne River Agency
29 May 1931



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bald Eagle
Northern Cheyenne

Helped bring in horses before going into the battle
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bear Bird
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Bonnet
Hunkpapa Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
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Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Bear Chasing
Sioux

Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown



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Tribe:
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Death:
Bear Chum
Northern Cheyenne

His daughter claimed he participated.
Unknown


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Bear Comes Out
Mato Hinapa
circa 1858
Oglala Lakota

Cow (later known as Mary) born circa 1861
Jennie, born 1891
Fought under Two Moons; counted coup
Lived 3 miles north of the town of Porcupine, South Dakota
(Pine Ridge Reservation)
After 1940

Bear Comes Out, Oglala



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Death:

Bear Ears
Hunkpapa Sioux

Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown



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Death:

Bear Face
1830
Hunkpapa Sioux
Chief
Fought in battle; then returned to Standing Rock
20 January 1915 or 1916

Name:
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Death:

Bear Ghost
Hunkpapa Sioux

Claimed Isiash Dorman was shot in the breast
Unknown

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Death:

Bear Heart
Northern Cheyenne

May have participated; in the Rosebud fight
Unknown

Name:
Born:

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Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Heart or Bear's Heart
1859
Hunkpapa Sioux

Had bow and arrows at battle; picked up a soldier's gun and shells
Unknown

Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Horn
Unknown

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Bear Horse
Oglala Sioux

Unknown
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bear Jaw
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear King
Sioux

Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Lice
Minniconjou Sioux

Counted coup in the Custer Column fight
Unknown



Name:
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Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Lying Down
Oglala Sioux

Indicated some wild firing by Custer's Column
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:


Bear Ribs
Afraid of Eagle
Hunkpapa Sioux

In Elk Head's lodge the night of June 24 with Crazy Horse and others
1892

Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Shield
Hunkpapa Sioux

Participated; then accompanied Sitting Bull to Canada
Unknown



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Born:

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Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Bear Soldier
1854
Hunkpapa Sioux
, Fox Warrior Society
Fought beside his brothers, Black Bear and Black Bird
At Cheyenne River Agency
After 1941



Name:
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Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bear Star
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Stops Looks Back
Sioux

May have participated
Unknown

Name:
Tribe:
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Death:

Bear Tail
Northern Cheyenne

Claimed that he and a Sioux killed a man who almost got away
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Bear Thunder, Henry
Sioux

Claimed that he and a Sioux killed a man who almost got away
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

Name:
Also Known As:

Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear Walks on a Ridge
Ridge Walker or Bear That Walks
Northern Cheyenne

Little Warrior Chief of the Kit Fox Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown



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Death:

Bear With Horns
Mato Heton
Hunkpapa Sioux

Killed along Custer Ridge
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory



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Death:

Beard
Minniconjou Sioux

In the battle
Last Indian survivor of the Little Big Horn Battle
Unknown



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Role During Battle:
Death:

Bear's Cap
Sioux

Fought Custer's Column
Unknown



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Role During Battle:
Death:

Beaver Claws
Northern Cheyenne

Little Chief, Crazy Dog Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Beaver Heart
Northern Cheyenne
, warrior
Fought Reno's skirmish line; drove soldiers to the bluffs
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Belly
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Belly Full
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Belly Inside
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Ankles
Minniconjou Sioux

Sharpshooter on Sharpshooter's Ridge in the hilltop fight
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Big Beaver
Northern Cheyenne

Captured gun from dead soldier in Keogh sector
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Big Belly Mule
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Big Bend
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Crow
Northern Cheyenne

Member, Crooked Lance Society
One of three seen by Sgt. Curtis at the box of hardtack
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Design
Oglala Sioux

Killed in valley fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana



Name:
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Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Big Eater
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Indian Name:

Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Elk
Unpan Tanka
Oglala Sioux
, chief
Among those who advanced near Custer's final position
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Foot
Northern Cheyenne
, warrior
Sharpshooter on Sharpshooter's Ridge in the hilltop fight
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Leggins
Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Big Lodge Chimney
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Man
Oglala Sioux

Sioux Chief, a leader at the Custer fight
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Nose
Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Big Nose
Northern Cheyenne

Camp guard on watch the first night
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Big Owl
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Big Road
Oglala Sioux
, Warrior Chief
Principal chief who fought Reno
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1929:
Death:

Black Bear
Oglala Sioux

Saw Custer's Column at the divide
At Standing Rock
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Bird
Northern Cheyenne

11 years old at the time of the battle
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Black Body
Sioux

Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Coyote
Northern Cheyenne
H
usband of Buffalo Calf Road Woman
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Eagle
Sans Arc Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Indian Name:
Born:
Father:
Married:
Married:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:
Burial:

Black Elk, Nicholas Black Elk
Hehaka Sapa
December 1863, Little Power River, Wyoming Territory
Black Elk
1892, Katie War Bonnet who died in 1903
1906, Anna Brings White
Oglala Sioux

Member, Big Road's Band
Took two scalps during the Reno fight
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
19 August 1950, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery, Manderson, South Dakota

Black Elk


Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Black Eye Lid
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Fox
Northern Cheyenne

Killed during the battle
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory



Name:
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Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Fox
Oglala Sioux

Father of Black Fox
Unknown
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1877:
1926:
Death:

Black Grain
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



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Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Horse
Northern Cheyenne

Member, Little Wolf's band
One of three seen by Sgt. Curtis at the box of hardtack
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Black Kills
Northern Cheyenne

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Knife
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Moccasin
Northern Cheyenne

Father of White Bull
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
1881:
Death:

Black Moon, Old Black Moon
Hunkpapa Sioux

Father of Young Black Moon
Unknown
Surrendered at Standing Rock
Unknown



Name:
Indian Name:

Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Moon, Young Black Moon
Hanwi Sapa Cincala
Hunkpapa Sioux

War Leader, Fox Warrior Society
Led charges against Reno; killed in valley fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory



Name:
Indian Name:

Born:
Tribe
:
Role During Battle:
1877:
July 1889:
November 1890:
December 1890:
Death:

Black Moon
Wi Sapa
Circa 1821
Minneconjou Sioux

Unknown
Fled to Canada
Surrendered at Standing Rock Agency
Transferred to Cheyenne River Agency
Part of family killed at Wounded Knee
1 March 1893



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1929:
Death:

Black Prairie Dog
Sioux

Unknown
At Standing Rock Agency
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Shield
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Shield
Minniconjou Sioux
, Headman
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Black Stone, Black Whetstone
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Black Tongue
Sioux

Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Twin
Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



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Indian Name:

Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Wasichu, Black White Man
Wasicun Sapa
Oglala Sioux

Wounded during Custer fight, subsequently died
27 June 1876



Name:
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Death:

Black White Man
Northern Cheyenne

Saw Custer's Camp on 24 June
Unknown



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Birth:

Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Black Wolf
Circa 1852
Northern Cheyenne

Fought under Chief Lame White Man
After 1941



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Blackbird
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Blind Water
Sioux
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bloody Knife
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Blue Cloud
Oglala Sioux
With White Bear's party; watched Custer at the divide
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:

Blue Cloud
Hunkpapa Sioux

Unknown
Left Standing Rock with Kill Eagle
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Blue Coat
Sans Arc, Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Blue Horse
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Blue Mountain
Hunkpapa Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bluff
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Anglo
Name:
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:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:

1890:
1929:
Death:

Bobtail Bull
Daniel Ojinca
Sioux
Unknown
Indian Police Service, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
Detailed to take Sitting Bull at Ghost Dance outbreak
Granted pension for same
Unknown



Name:
Born:

Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Bobtail Horse
Circa 1850
Northern Cheyenne
Member, Elkhorn Scraper Society

In fight at Medicine Tail Ford
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
After 1936



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Family:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:

Box Elder
Dog Stands on a Ridge
Northern Cheyenne
Father of Brave Wolf

Unknown
Prophet who warned of Custer's coming

Unknown



Name:
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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Braided Locks
Wrapped Braids, Brady, Braided Hair
Northern Cheyenne

Wounded in Custer fight
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Brave
Sioux

Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown



Name:
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Death:

Brave Bear
Southern Cheyenne
, warrior
Honorary distinction as the warrior who killed Custer
Unknown; alive in 1908



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Role During Battle:
Death:

Brave Crow
Sioux

Counted coup in the Custer fight
Unknown



Name:
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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Brave Hawk
Belly Fat, Man Who Walks with His Dog
Sioux

Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
April 1877:
Other Event:
Death:

Brave Wolf, Old Brave Wolf
Northern Cheyenne
, chief and contrary
Participated in both Reno and Custer fights
Surrendered with Two Moon's band
2nd Cheyenne to enlist as scout with Gen. Nelson Miles
Unknown (alive in 1926)



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Brave Wolf
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Breech Cloth
Miyapahe
Minniconjou Sioux

Killed fighting on Reno Hill
26 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Brings Plenty
Sioux

Killed a soldier with a war club in the Custer fight
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Broad Tail
Hunkpapa Sioux
; Chief and leading warrior
May have participated
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Broken Jaw
Northern Cheyenne
Little Chief, Elk Warrior Society

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Also Known as:

Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Brown Back
Brown Pants
Hunkpapa Sioux

Discovered Custer at the Divide; gave village the alarm
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Brown Bird
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Brown Wolf
Sioux

Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Buffalo Bull
Minniconjou Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Buffalo Calf, Calf
Northern Cheyenne

Crazy Dog Society Warrior
One of first ten to fire on Custer's Column
Unknown; alive in 1926



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Buffalo Calf Pipe
Hunkpapa Sioux
, Medicine Man
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Also Knownn as:
Indian Name:

Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Buffalo Calf Road Woman
Brave Woman
Mutsimiuna
Northern Cheyenne

Sister of Chief Comes in Sight
Fought alongside her husband Black Coyote
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Buffalo Horse
Brule Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bull
Minniconjou Sioux

Member, Bad Hand's band
Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bull Bear
Southern Cheyenne
Chief of Dog Soldiers

Fought in Gall's charge up Medicine Tail Coulee
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:

Bull Eagle
Sioux

May have participated
Killed during attempt to surrender to Gen. Nelson A. Miles
April 1877



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bull Hump, Hump
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Bull Man
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Bullet Proof
Northern Cheyenne
, warrior
Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:

Burst Thunder
Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Butt Horn
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

   
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