Crazy horse biography dvd 1996

Lakota war leader (c. –)

For other uses, see Crazy Horse (disambiguation).

Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó^[2][tˣaˈʃʊ̃kɛwitˈkɔ], lit.&#;'His-Horse-Is-Crazy'; c.&#; – September 5, )^[3] was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century.

Crazy horse biography dvd 1996

He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman Fight in , in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in , in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people.

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