Crazy Horse, approximately 1842-1877

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Crazy Horse (b. approximetly 1840-d. September 5, 1877) was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Indian territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the American Indian Wars on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman massacre in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people.

In September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard.

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referencedIn Charles Kuralt Collection, 1935-1997 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Baird, George William, 1839-1906. George William Baird papers, 1877-1899. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lemon, Cal. Letters, 1968 Sept. 24 & Oct.14 h manuscript Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations, 1798-1874. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Monohan, Deane, 1836-. Dictation from Deane Monohan : Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1885. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn School Histories, 1934 - 1942 National Archives at Kansas City
referencedIn Telegram from Colonel Bradley to Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan Reporting the Arrest and Death of Crazy Horse National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Huntington Free Library. Native American biography vertical file [ca.1850-2000.]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn United States. War Dept. Correspondence, 1811-1913, 1811-1882 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Felton, William G. Life and adventures of Captain William G. Felton, California Bill, 1886. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association. Crazy Horse poster, ca. 2008. State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives
referencedIn Accounts and publications about Indians, 1934-1938. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Letters Received National Archives at Kansas City
referencedIn Frye family. Frey family papers, 1793-1917 (bulk 1825-1890). Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Robert Spurrier Ellison papers, 1865-1925 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Baird, George William, 1839-1906. Indian campaigning with General Miles in Montana. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Schenkkan, Robert, 1953-. Crazy horse : an original screenplay / by Robert Schenkkan. Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library
referencedIn Roeder, Arthur, Mrs.,. Accounts and publications about Indians, 1934-1938. Cornell University Library
referencedIn United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations, 1798-1874. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Ellison, Robert Spurrier. Papers, 1865-1925. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Frey Family Papers, 1793-1917 (bulk 1825-1890) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Ellison, Robert Spurrier. Papers, 1833-1951. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Copies of Letters Sent National Archives at Kansas City
referencedIn Chase, George F. The George F. Chase papers, 1867-1901. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Burnside, Raymond Alexander, 1892-1957. Raymond A. Burnside papers. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
referencedIn Biography file--Indians, 1914-1984. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library.
referencedIn DeWall, Robb, 1939-. Crazy-Horse chronicles : log of writing the Korczak Ziolkowski biography and the Crazy Horse Memorial project), 1975-1998. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn McGillycuddy, Julia B. (Julia Blanchard). McGillycuddy, agent / by Julia Mcgillycuddy, [ca. 1940]. Newberry Library
referencedIn Carroll, John M. (John Melvin), 1928-. Galley proof for the Eleanor H. Hinman interviews on the life and death of Crazy Horse, 1976. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Mari Sandoz Collection, 1864-1976 (bulk 1931-1966) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
referencedIn Brennan, John R., 1848-1919. Papers, 1879-1919 (bulk 1900-1917). South Dakota State Archives
referencedIn Watson, Elmo Scott, 1892-1951. Elmo Scott Watson papers, 1816-1951 bulk 1920-1951. Newberry Library
referencedIn Linabury, Frank,. Frank Linabury collection on George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 1880-1951 (bulk1920-1930.). Cornell University Library
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Death 1877-09-05

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