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Article Title: Crazy Horse and the End of the Great Sioux War
Full Citation: Kingsley M Bray, “Crazy Horse and the End of the Great Sioux War,” Nebraska History 79 (1998): 94-115
URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1998EndSiouxWar.pdf Date: 7/07/2011
Article Summary: The surrender of Crazy Horse and the members of his village at the Red Cloud Agency in May 1877 marked the end of the Great Sioux War. The author explores the influence of Lakota political organization and kinship networks on Crazy Horse’s decision to accept reservation life.
Cataloging Information:
Names: Nelson A Miles, Lame Deer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, George Crook, George A Custer, Rankard S Mackenzie, Hunts the Enemy, Spotted Tail, Rutherford B Hayes, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American Horse, Yellow Bear, Roman Nose, Black Shield
Place Names: Red Cloud Agency, Camp Robinson
Keywords: Battle of the Rosebud, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Hunkpapas, Oglalas, Miniconjous, Sans Arcs, Brulés, Cheyennes, akicita police, Crows, Battle of Wolf Mountains, Deciders, vision quest
Photographs / Images: map of Sioux War Country, Fall 1876-Spring 1877; illustration: Battle of Wolf Mountains, Army and Navy Journal, May 5, 1877; Little Big Man; Touch the Clouds; Red Dog’s village at Red Cloud Agency, American Horse; Hunts the Enemy, Red Cloud’s nephew, who later took the name George Sword; Swift Bear; Spotted Tail; “Delegation of Sioux Indians who made the treaty whereby the Black Hills were surrendered to the US Government”: Yellow Bear, Interpreter Jose Merrivale, Interpreter Billy Garnett, Interpreter Leon Pallardy, Three Bears, He Dog, Little Wound, American Horse, Little Big Man, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Hunts the Enemy (George Sword); He Dog
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