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Little Wolf (Eastman's Biography)
Little Wolf (Ohcumgache, also known as Little Coyote, l. c. 1820-1904) was a Northern Cheyenne chief and holy man, best known for his role in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878 but also recognized for his resistance to US westward expansion...
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn (25-26 June 1876) is the most famous engagement of the Great Sioux War (1876-1877). Five divisions of the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) were wiped out in one day by the...
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Little Crow (Eastman's Biography)
Little Crow (Taoyateduta, also known as Little Crow III, l. c. 1810-1863) was a Dakota Sioux chief best known as the leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota (Santee) Sioux during the Dakota War of 1862. After years of trying to maintain peaceful...
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Little Coyote (Little Wolf) and Morning Star (Dull Knife) Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne
Photograph of the Northern Cheyenne chiefs Little Coyote (better known as Little Wolf) and Morning Star (better known as Dull Knife) by William Henry Jackson, 1873.
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The Little Girl and the Ghost
The Little Girl and the Ghost is a legend of the Cheyenne nation concerning a young girl abducted by a spirit after she is cast out by her mother. The story explores many themes common in Cheyenne literature, including the importance of following...
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Black Elk on the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Black Elk (l. 1863-1950) of the Oglala Lakota Sioux was twelve years old at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876. He gives his account of the famous conflict in the work Black Elk Speaks (1932), and, even at a distance from the...
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Northern Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf
Northern Cheyenne chief Little Wolf (also known as Little Coyote, l. c. 1820-1904) at Fort Laramie, 1868. Photograph by Alexander Gardner.
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The Wolf & Little Red Riding Hood
An illustration from the medieval folk tale Little Red Riding Hood. (From 'Little Red Riding Hood' by Jessie Willcox Smith, 1911 CE)
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Dakota Sioux Chief Little Crow
Dakota Sioux Chief Little Crow (l. c. 1810-1863), famous for his leadership during the Dakota War of 1862. Photograph by Julian Vannerson (l. 1827-1875), taken in 1857/1858.
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, USA, 1889.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.