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  1. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Crazy_HorseCrazy Horse - Wikipedia

    Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó [tˣaˈʃʊ̃kɛ witˈkɔ], lit. ' His-Horse-Is-Crazy '; c. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century.

  2. Aug 24, 2018 · Crazy Horse was a Lakota leader and warrior who clashed with the U.S. federal government.

  3. Crazy Horse is the world's largest mountain carving located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is considered The Eighth Wonder of the World in progress.

  4. 2 days ago · Young, 78, has been backed on the tour by longtime Crazy Horse members Billy Talbot on bass, Ralph Molina on drums, and newer addition Micah Nelson on guitar. Nelson is the son of country music ...

  5. May 23, 2024 · Crazy Horse, a chief of the Oglala band of Lakota Sioux who was an able tactician and a determined warrior in the Sioux resistance to European Americans’ invasion of the northern Great Plains. He helped annihilate a battalion of U.S. soldiers under George A. Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876).

  6. Apr 20, 2021 · Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who fought against removal to a reservation in the Black Hills. In 1876, he joined with Cheyenne forces in a surprise attack against Gen....

  7. Mar 12, 2024 · Crazy Horse ( Tasunke Witko, l. c. 1840-1877) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior and warband leader considered among the greatest defenders of Sioux lands against the forces of the US government in the 19th century. He is one of the most famous Native American figures in history and among the Sioux's most honored heroes.

  8. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › crazy-horse-see-legacy-180981017Who Was Crazy Horse? | Smithsonian

    Crazy Horse, or Tasunke Witko, was born around 1840 in the midst of a war. The Lakota Nation had launched a concentrated expansion into the Trans-Mississippi West and was fighting several other...

  9. In 1876, Crazy Horse led a band of Lakota warriors against Custer’s Seventh U.S. Cavalry battalion. They called this the Battle of the Little Bighorn also known as Custer’s Last Stand and the Battle of the Greasy Grass. Custer, 9 officers, and 280 enlisted men, all lay dead after the fighting was over.

  10. On June 25, 1876, eight days after the encounter at Rosebud, Crazy Horse fought with Chief Sitting Bull at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Crazy Horse led his warriors to help defeat Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and five of his companies in what was an overwhelming loss for the U.S. Army.

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