The Miniconjou (Lakota: Mnikowoju, Hokwoju – ‘Plants by the Water’) are a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, who formerly...
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(Hunkpapa, "End Village", Camps at the End of the Camp Circle) Mnikȟówožu (Miniconjou, "Plant Near Water", Planters by the Water) Sihásapa ("Blackfeet” or “Blackfoot")...
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Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) (section Miniconjou)
Treaty of 1868) is an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation...
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Lakota division of the Sioux, his father being an Oglala and his mother a Miniconjou. His father, born in 1810, was also named Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse)...
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1876, in the Great Sioux Reservation between the United States Army and Miniconjou Sioux during the Great Sioux War of 1876. It marked the first significant...
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commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside approached Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them five...
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Oglala born Miniconjou Lakota warrior and chief Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká (Spotted Elk/Big Foot) — Miniconjou Lakota chief Hé Waŋžíča (Lone Horn) — Miniconjou Lakota chief...
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High Backbone also called Hump, or Canku Wakatuya (c. 1820-1870) was a Miniconjou Lakota military leader. He led troops in the Wagon Box Fight and the Fetterman...
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the eastern edge of the Black Hills. They soon found a large village of Miniconjou under Touch the Clouds, near Short Pine Hills on the Little Missouri River...
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Spotted Elk (category Miniconjou people)
1890-12-29)December 29, 1890), was a chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux. He was a son of Miniconjou chief Lone Horn and became a chief upon his father's...
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on the west slope of Battle Ridge, where he had led a charge. Later a Miniconjou Lakota warrior (believed to be Little Crow) mistook him for an Army Indian...
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Winter count (section Miniconjou Lakota)
Winter counts (Lakota: waníyetu wówapi or waníyetu iyáwapi) are pictorial calendars or histories in which tribal records and events were recorded by Native...
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leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890. A mixed band of Miniconjou Lakota and Hunkpapa Sioux, led by Chief Spotted Elk, sought sanctuary...
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to establish a camp along the Cheyenne River in order to observe the Miniconjou band led by Spotted Elk, living just outside the reservation in a small...
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States (Lakotah) Lakota (including Brulé, Oglala, Sans Arc, Hunkpapa, Miniconjou, and Sihasapa) and Dakota (including Mdewakanton) Native American religion...
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7–8, 1877, by United States soldiers and scouts against a village of Miniconjou Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. The battle occurred near Little Muddy Creek...
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two from each of the three Lakota bands present: the Oglala, Brulé, and Miniconjou. About three times as many Lakota participated in the battle as did Cheyenne...
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Black Moon (person) (category Miniconjou people)
Black Moon Wi Sapa (c. 1821–March 1, 1893) was a Miniconjou Lakota headman with the northern Lakota during the nineteenth century, not to be confused with...
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Lame Deer (category Miniconjou people)
also called "The Elk that Whistles Running," was a first chief of the Miniconjou Lakota (trans. "They who plant by the water") and vice chief of the Wakpokinyan...
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Apesanahkwat, Menominee Nation Dewey Beard a.k.a. Iron Hail, Lakota, Miniconjou Irene Bedard, Inupiat Chief John Big Tree, Seneca Moses Brings Plenty...
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officers. While filming The Savage, Heston was initiated by blood into the Miniconjou Lakota Nation, saying that he had no natural American Indian heritage...
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(Burned Thighs) Itazipco, Sans Arc (No Bows) Huŋkpapa (End of Village) Miniconjou (Swamp Plant) Sihasapa (Blackfoot Sioux) O'ohenuŋpa (Two Kettles) Four...
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Reservation. Together with the Itazipcho (Itázipčho - 'Without Bows') and Miniconjou (Mnikȟáŋwožu or Hoȟwožu - 'Plants by the Water') they are referred to...
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(1846–1904), Oglala activist and warrior Lame Deer (Tȟáȟča Hušté) (died 1877), Miniconjou medicine man Eddie Little Sky (1926–1997), Oglala Lakota actor Kevin Locke...
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Tomi Kay Phillips (category Miniconjou people)
Tomi Kay Phillips (Lakota: Cante Wakan Win) is an American (Hunkpapa-Miniconjou) educator and academic administrator who is the president-designate of...
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1845 – May 28, 1904) was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. He fought in several battles with his brother, Flying Hawk...
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John Fire Lame Deer (category Miniconjou people)
holy man, member of the Heyoka society,[citation needed] grandson of the Miniconjou head man Lame Deer, and father of Archie Fire Lame Deer. John Fire Lame...
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the Indians in the Battle of the Badlands as Hunkpapas, Sans Arcs, and Miniconjou Lakota, Yanktonai, and others. On August 6, Sully and his men camped on...
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White Bull (category Miniconjou people)
was the son of Good Feather, Sitting Bull's sister, and Makes Room, a Miniconjou chief. His brother was One Bull. At the age of 16 White Bull became a...
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Red Horse (Lakota chief) (category Miniconjou people)
Red Horse was a sub-chief of the Miniconjou Sioux. He fought in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, and in 1881 he gave one of the few detailed accountings...
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