Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse
A 1934 sketch of Crazy Horse made by a Mormon missionary after interviewing Crazy Horse's sister, who claimed the depiction was accurate.
Tribe	Oglala Lakota
Born	Cha-O-Ha ("In the Wilderness" or "Among the Trees") c. 1840
Died	September 5, 1877 Fort Robinson, Nebraska
Native name	Tašúŋke Witkó
Nickname(s)	Curly, Light Hair
Known for	Leader at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Cause of death	Bayonet wound
Resting place	Undisclosed location
Spouse(s)	Black Buffalo Woman Black Shawl Nellie Larrabee (Laravie)
Children	They Are Afraid of Her
Parents	Crazy Horse (the elder), also known asWaglula (Worm), Rattling Blanket Woman (born 1814).
Relatives	Brother, Little Hawk, uncle by same name Little Hawk, Sister, Laughing One. Cousins, Touch the Clouds,Flying Hawk, Kicking Bear, Black Fox II, Eagle Thunder and Walking Eagle. Grandparents, Black Buffalo and White Cow (also called Iron Cane). Uncles,Spotted Tail, Lone Horn. Aunts, Good Looking Woman, Looks At It (later called They Are Afraid of Her), Father's wives, Iron Between Horns, Kills Enemy, and Red Leggins.

Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tašúŋke Witkó in Standard Lakota Orthography, IPA:tχaʃʊ̃kɛ witkɔ), literally "His-Horse-Is-Crazy"; ca. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He took up arms against the U.S. Federal government to fight against encroachments on the territories and way of life of the Lakota people, including leading a war party to victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876.

Four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General Crookin May 1877, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a military guard, using his bayonet, while allegedly resisting imprisonment at Camp Robinsonin present-day Nebraska. He ranks among the most notable and iconic of Native American tribal members and was honored by the U.S. Postal Service in 1982 with a 13¢ Great Americans seriespostage stamp.

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