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The Sioux who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter
Article by Joshua J. Mark

The Sioux who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter

The Sioux who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter is a legend of the Lakota Sioux about Chief Big Eagle who left his people to marry a woman of the enemy Crow nation but never forgot the duties owed to his own people. The story highlights the...
War Chief Gall of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux
Image by D.F. Barry

War Chief Gall of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux

Native American Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux War Chief Gall taken by D. F. Barry and hand signed and inscribed by Barry to the famous Indian Fighter and US Army General Charles King, 1880s.
Chief Gall of the Lakota Sioux in 1881
Image by U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Chief Gall of the Lakota Sioux in 1881

Lakota Sioux War Chief Gall, photographed by David Francis Barry at Fort Buford, North Dakota, 1881. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Charles A. Eastman on Crazy Horse
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Charles A. Eastman on Crazy Horse

Charles A. Eastman's biography of Crazy Horse (l. c. 1840-1877) is among the most significant sources on the great Sioux war chief, as Eastman drew on accounts of those who had known and fought alongside him in writing it. The work differs...
Sioux Story of The Gift of Corn
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Sioux Story of The Gift of Corn

Corn (maize) was central to the lives of Native Americans across North, Central, and South America. Maize was introduced to North America from Mesoamerica c. 700/900 CE and transformed the lives of the indigenous peoples. Every tribal nation...
Chief Kicking Bear of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation
Image by George E. Spencer

Chief Kicking Bear of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation

Chief Kicking Bear (l. 1845-1904) of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation in 1891; photo taken while he was a prisoner at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Kicking Bear is credited by some scholars with creating the ghost shirt used during the Ghost Dance...
Black Elk & Elk of the Oglala Lakota Sioux
Image by Elliot & Fry

Black Elk & Elk of the Oglala Lakota Sioux

Oglala Lakota Sioux nation citizens Black Elk & Elk in costume as grass dancers while performing with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in London, England, 1887. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Si?te Gleska: Chief Spotted Tail - Sicangu Lakota Sioux Leader & Warrior - Rosebud Reservation, S.D.
Video by Jaguar Bird

Si?te Gleska: Chief Spotted Tail - Sicangu Lakota Sioux Leader & Warrior - Rosebud Reservation, S.D.

This is a video for: "Siŋté Glešká", "Chief Spotted Tail:, a Sicangu Lakota Sioux leader & warrior, who lived on the Rosebud Reservation, in South Dakota, USA. There are also videos in this channel for over 1200 North, South & Central American...
White Bull
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

White Bull

White Bull (Tatanka Ska, l. 1849-1947) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux warrior, nephew of Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890), who is among the many claimed to have killed Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) at the Battle of the Little...
Black Elk on the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Article by Joshua J. Mark

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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