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Plains Indians at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Death:

Yellow Bear
Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



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Yellow Cloud
Sans Arc Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



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Yellow Dog
Unknown

Unknown
Unknown


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Yellow Eagle
Arapahoe

Participated to prove he was not a spy
Unknown



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Yellow Fly
Arapahoe
Participated to prove he was not a spy

Unknown



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Yellow Hair
Northern Cheyenne

Older brother of Wooden Leg
Fought Reno and Custer Columns
Unknown



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Yellow Horse
Oglala Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



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Yellow Horse
Northern Cheyenne, Ute captive

Camp guard on watch the first night
Unknown



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Yellow Left
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Yellow Nose
Northern Cheyenne

Ute boy adopted by Spotted Wolf
Fought Custer's Column; captured guidon from Sgt. Hughes
Unknown
; alive in 1915



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Yellow Robe
Oglala Sioux

May have participated
May 1877, surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown



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Yellow Weasel
Northern Cheyenne

Captured a bugle
Unknown



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Yells at Daybreak
Sioux

Unknown
Unknown



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Young Bear, Black Bear
Mato Cincala
Northern Cheyenne

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



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Young Eagle
Sioux

Unknown
1929, at Standing Rock Agency
Unknown



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Young Hawk
Hunkpapa Sioux

Unknown
1926, attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown



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Uncle:
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:
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Death:

Young Little Wolf
Laban Little Wolf or Red Bird
Old Little Wolf
Northern Cheyenne

Unknown
Unknown



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Burial:

Young Man Afraid of His Horses
Tasunka kokipapi
circa 1830
Oglala Sioux

Unknown
1900
Makasan Presbyterian Cemetery, Oglala, South Dakota



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Young Sitting Bull
Drumpacker
Oglala Sioux

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



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Young Skunk
Standing Rabbit

Maka Cincala
Oglala Sioux

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



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Young Two Moons
Northern Cheyenne

Son of Two Moons
Unknown
Unknown

   
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