Crazy Horse

(1840-1877) lived at Fort Robinson, Dawes County. Native American leader, became proud symbol of resistance to U.S. Government efforts to restrict Plains Indians on reservations, demonstrated as an Oglala Lakota warrior much bravery in battles with tribal enemies, became nationally famous for leading attack at Little Big Horn battle of June 1876 against General George Custer's troops; a monument being carved into a mountain near Custer, South Dakota to honor his memory reveals the chief's face was completed in 1998, but the entire carving remains a work in progress. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, July 24, 1988, pp. 6-7 and Notable Native Americans (Gale, 1995) 95-98 and Omaha World Herald, June 4, 1998, pp. 1, 10 and November 8, 2000, p. 27 and American National Biography, Vol 5 (1999) 714-716.

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