Name:
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Death:
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Lame Deer
Minniconjou Lakota,
Chief
One of the battle's leaders
Unknown
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Death:
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Lame
Red Skirt
Minniconjou Lakota
May have participated
Killed during his attempt to surrender to Nelson
A. Miles
April 1877
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Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Lame
White Bull
Southern Cheyenne
Warrior in Crazy Dog Warrior Society
Fought Custer's Column
Unknown
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Name:
Also Known as:
Indian Name:
Born:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Lame White Man
Bearded Man, Mad Hearted Wolf
Putinhin Sina
circa 1838
Southern Cheyenne
Husband of Twin Woman; father of Red Hat, Crane
Woman
Led charge on Custer Ridge; mistakenly killed by
a Lakota
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Territory
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Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Last
Bull
Northern Cheyenne
Warrior Chief of the Fox Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:
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Lays
Laughing
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown
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Name:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Left
Hand
Arapahoe;
actually part Blackfeet, part Cheyenne
Son of Cherry
Mistook a wounded Lakota for a Crow and killed him
Unknown; alive in 1920
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Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Left
Hand Shooter
Northern Cheyenne
Little Warrior Chief of the Elkhorn Scraper Warrior
Society
Unknown
Unknown
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:
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Leggings
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:
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Lightning
Killer
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown
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Name:
Also Known as:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Lights
Runs After the Clouds
Minniconjou Lakota
Unknown
Unknown
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:
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Likes
to Fight
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Indian Name:
Born:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial:
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Limber Bones
Flying By, Limber Hand, Loose Bones
Kinyan Hiyaye
Circa 1856
Northern Cheyenne, suicide warrior
Unmarried
Killed fighting Custer's column on Last Stand Hill
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Territory
Near Shoulder Blade Creek, a few miles from Garryowen, Montana
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Other Event:
Death: |
Limpy
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Surrendered to Nelson A. Miles; served as scout
1926, attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Back
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Bear
Hunkpapa Lakota
Wounded in the battle and rescued by Elk Nation
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Bear
Northern Cheyenne
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Big Man
Oglala Lakota
Participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Bird
Northern Cheyenne
Shot in the thigh during the valley fight
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Boy
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Buck
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Buck Elk
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Bull
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Coyote
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Creek
Northern Cheyenne
Little Warrior Chief in Crazy Dog Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Crow
Hunkpapa Lakota
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Crow
Minniconjou Lakota
Caught Custer's horse; scalped Lame White Man by
mistake
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Dog
Lakota
Unknown
1926, at Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Eagle
Lakota
Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Hawk
Northern Cheyenne
In valley fight; drank some captured whiskey
Unknown; living in 1908 |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Hawk
Oglala Lakota
Participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Horse
Lakota
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Indian Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Horse
Moinahkakit
Northern Cheyenne
Little Warrior Chief in the Fox Warrior Society
Probably stripped Tom Custer's body after the battle
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Knife
Hunkpapa Lakota,
warrior
Told of torture of soldier in Indian village
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Moon
Hunkpapa Lakota
Unknown
1926, attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Prick
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Society Affiliation:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Robe
Southern Cheyenne
Warrior in the Crazy Dog Society
Fought Custer's Column
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Shield
Northern Cheyenne
Camp guard on watch the first night
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Sun
Northern Cheyenne
Fought in valley; chased 3 soldiers along south
bank of river
1926, attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Voice
Hunkpapa Lakota
Brother of Deeds
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Tribe:
Family
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Little
Warrior
Little Soldier
Oglala Lakota,
warrior
Stepson of Sitting Bull
Unknown
1929, at Standing Rock Agency
Unknown; alive at age 80 |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Indian Name:
Born:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Little
Whirlwind
Whirlwind, Swift Cloud
Maypiya Ohanko
circa 1861
Northern Cheyenne,
suicide warrior
Unmarried
He and an Arikara scout shot each other at the river
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Territory
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Name:
Also Known as:
Born:
Tribe:
Society Affilitation:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death:
Burial: |
Little Wolf
Chief Little Wolf
1820, Montana
Northern Cheyenne
Chief of Elkhorn Scrapers Warrior Society
Unknown
1926, attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
1904
Lame
Deer, Rosebud County, Montana
(Cemetery is next to the Northern Cheyenne Crafts
Center.
Dull Knife is also buried there.) |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Little
Wolf
Hunkpapa Lakota
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Living
Bear
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Loafer
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lone
Bear
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lone
Bear
Moto Wajila
Oglala Lakota
Reported that the Custer fight lasted four hours
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lone
Bull
Minnicounjou Lakota,
Headman
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lone
Bull
One Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota,
warrior
Brother of Lazy White Bull; nephew of Sitting Bull
Rescued Good Bear Boy on Reno's skirmish line
Unknown |
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Name:
Indian Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lone
Dog
Sunka Wanjila
Sans Arc Lakota
Killed fighting Custer's Column
June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Territory |
Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Lone
Eagle
Lakota
Unknown
1926, at Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Lone
Elk
Oglala Lakota
Participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lone
Horn
Minniconjou Lakota,
Headman
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Indian Name:
Born:
Tribe:
Wife:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Lone
Man
John Loneman
Isnawichah
Circa 1850
Oglala Lakota
Mary
Unknown
1890, detailed to take Sitting Bull at Ghost Dance
outbreak
April 1918 |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Long
Dog
Hunkpapa Lakota
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Long
Dung
Oglala Lakota,
Medicine Man
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Long
Elk
Minniconjou Lakota,
warrior
Wounded fighting Custer's Column
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Long
Handle
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Long
Name
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Family:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Long
Roach
Northern Cheyenne
Father of Roman Nose (killed in the battle)
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Indian Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Long
Road
Eagle Hat
Canku Hanska
Sans Arc Lakota
Killed counting coup on soldier near Benteen's line
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Territory |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Long
Visitor
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Also Known as:
Indian Name:
Born:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Other Event:
Death: |
Looking
Elk
Oliver Looking Elk
Hehakawaketo
Circa 1845
Minniconjou Lakota
Unknown
1890, detailed to take Sitting Bull at Ghost Dance
outbreak
1929, Standing Rock Lakota Reservation, awarded $20
per month pension for Indian Police Service
Unknown; alive in 1928 |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Looking
Elk
Hunkpapa Lakota
Refused to take Good Bear Boy off the field while
under fire
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Looks
Like a Dog
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Looks
White
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Other Event:
Death: |
Looks
Yellow
Oglala Lakota
May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown |
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Name:
Tribe:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Lost
Log
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown |
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Name:
Indian Name:
Born:
Tribe:
Wife:
Sons:
Role During Battle:
Death: |
Low
Dog
Xunka Kuclyedan
circa 1847
Oglala Lakota,
Chief
Medicine (Pejuta) born circa 1846
One Who Makes Disorders (Kokam Wosice),
born circa 1870, and Horse (Sunkakan),
born circa 1879
In valley, Reno Hill, and Custer Ridge fights;
said 38 Indians were killed
Unknown |
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