This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Crazy Snake Last Stand and the Lament for Brave Sioux
A reflective piece on Crazy Snake and the fading era of plains warfare. It recalls Red Cloud, Rain-in-the-Face, and other Sioux leaders, contrasting old battle pageantry with modern militia actions in Oklahoma and the Pine Ridge surrender of 1891. It questions bravery, humor, and the frontier myth while recalling Wounded Knee and the long arc of U.S. Indian policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Crazy Snake
United States Army
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Oklo
Red Cloud
Pine Ridge
Little Episcopal Mission Church
Wounded Knee
Big Foot
Seventh Cavalry
Dakota Reservations
Ogalala
Brule Sioux
Kicking Bear
Short Bull
American Horse
Charles G. Penny
Penny
Sixth United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Munson
Chicago
White Clay Creek
Spotted Elk
South Dakota
Short Ball
Illinois
Ure Reservation
Capt. Penny
Red Man
Palylace
Port Fetterman
Fort Fetterman
Miles
Brooke
Forsythe
Young-Man
Porcupine Butte
Young Bucks
Star Hyes
Clef