Biography file--Indians, 1914-1984.

Geronimo, 1829-1909

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Geronimo, also known as Goyaałé, also known as The One Who Yawns'; born in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico, June 1829 – died, Fort Sill, Oklahoma February 17, 1909), prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands—the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi—to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahu...

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library.

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Collecting area: Material relating to archaeology, ethnology, languages, and contemporary issues of Indians and Eskimos of the Western hemisphere. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155463242 Munsee and Oneida Indian tribes were moved to Stockbridge, Mass. in 1763, and in the early 19th century to Stockbridge, Wisconsin. The groups were jointly called the Stockbridge Tribe. From the description of Stockbridge papers, 17...

Crazy Horse, approximately 1842-1877

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Crazy Horse (b. approximetly 1840-d. September 5, 1877) was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Indian territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the American Indian Wars on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman massacre in 1866, in which he acted as a deco...

Joseph, Nez Percé chief, 1840-1904

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Pocahontas, -1617

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Hiawatha, active 15th century

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Sainte-Marie, Buffy

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Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838

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Sitting Bull, 1831-1890

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Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake or Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan, was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. He was born in 1831 in South Dakota. He fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded in battle on several occasions. Sitting Bull greatly opposed the encroachment of the white men. He led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the battle of Little Bighorn. After the battle, in which many were killed, Sitting Bull le...

Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...