Little Raven, Chief, circa 1810-1889
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Little Raven, also known as Hosa, also known as Young Crow, was born circa 1810, perhaps along the Platte River in present-day Nebraska. From about 1855 until his death in 1889, he was a principal chief of the Southern Arapaho Indians. He negotiated peace between the Southern Arapaho and Cheyenne and the Comanche, Kiowa, and Plains Apache. He also secured rights to the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation in Indian Territory. He Little settled at Cantonment in present-day Blaine County, Oklahoma, where the old military hospital served as his home. Little Raven died at Cantonment in 1889.
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| referencedIn | Photoprints, 1880-1910. | University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Jeremiah Gurney & Son. Photographs of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Wichita Indian delegates. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908. [Album of twenty-seven original photographs of Indians and scenes on the Great Plains, taken at Fort Sill, Indian Territory / William S. Soule]. | Texas A&M University, Evans Library & Annex; Main campus library complex | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. William S. Soule Photographs of Arapaho, Cheyenna, Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians. 1868 - 1875. Little Raven (Hosa, Young Crow), Head Chief of the Arapaho; three-quarter-length, seated | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Mitchell, William G. Transcript of negotiations between Little Raven and Winfield Scott Hancock and related material, 1867-1917. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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Birth 1810
Death 1889
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