Native American Figures

• Oglala Sioux Native American chief

• Refused to follow reservation lines drawn by Treaty of Fort Laramie

• Eventually surrendered to Gen. George Crook

Crazy Horse

• Apache warrior and medicine man

• Fought against US occupation of Apache lands following the Mexican-American War

Geronimo

• Lakota Native American chief

• United Sioux tribes

• Fought and won alongside Crazy Horse against Custer in Battle of Little Bighorn

Sitting Bull

• Oglala Sioux Native American chief

• Led the opposition of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho when the gov’t tried to expand the Bozeman Trail from Fort Laramie

Red Cloud

• 1st female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

• Worked to empower Native communities

• Received Presidential Medal of Freedom

Wilma Mankiller

• Shoshone woman interpreter

• Accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition

• Mother to Pomp

Sacagawea

• Shawnee Indian Chief

• Allied with the British in the War of 1812, aided in the fall of Detroit

• Died in a battle against US, led by William Henry Harrison

Tecumseh

• Powhatan Princess

• Famous for working with John Smith and the Englishmen from Jamestown

Pocahontas

• Cherokee leader

• Created the written Cherokee alphabet

Sequoyah

• Sauk leader and warrior

• Tried to reclaim Illinois from the United States

Black Hawk

• Seminole

• Led the Seminole in the Florida’s Seminole War

Osceola

• Apache leader

• Fought in battle of Apache Pass against Gen. James Henry Carleson (Apache loss)

• Name means “having the quality or strength of oak”

Cochise