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Chief Hollow Horn (Matȟó Héȟloǧeča). Brulé Lakota. ca. 1900. Photo taken in Washington, DC. Source - University o...
02/02/2026

Chief Hollow Horn (Matȟó Héȟloǧeča). Brulé Lakota. ca. 1900. Photo taken in Washington, DC. Source - University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center.

Lakota Woman is a memoir by Mary Brave Bird, a Sicangu Lakota who was formerly known as Mary Crow Dog. Reared on the Ros...
01/30/2026

Lakota Woman is a memoir by Mary Brave Bird, a Sicangu Lakota who was formerly known as Mary Crow Dog. Reared on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, she describes her childhood and young adulthood, which included many historical events associated with the American Indian Movement.

Lakota Woman describes Brave Bird's participation in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties and the 1973 Indian Occupation at Wounded Knee. She also writes about her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, the spiritual leader of AIM. She describes her involvement in the Native American Church.

Richard Erdoes (1912-2008) edited the book. Born in Austria and author of over 21 books, Erdoes was a longtime friend of Brave Bird and also helped her publish her other memoir, Ohitika Woman.

Lakota Woman won the 1991 American Book Award.

The book inspired the 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee produced by TNT and Jane Fonda. It starred Irene Bedard who would also later provide the speaking voice of Pocahontas in the 1995 Disney animation Pocahontas.

Buffalo Calf Road Woman, or Brave Woman, (c. 1844 – 1879) was a Northern Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded warrior br...
01/30/2026

Buffalo Calf Road Woman, or Brave Woman, (c. 1844 – 1879) was a Northern Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded warrior brother, Chief Comes in Sight, in the Battle of the Rosebud (as it was named by the United States) in June 1876. Her rescue helped rally the Cheyenne warriors to win the battle. She fought next to her husband in the Battle of the Little Bighorn nine days later. In 2005 Northern Cheyenne storytellers broke more than 100 years of silence about the battle, and they credited Buffalo Calf Road Woman with striking the blow that knocked Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer off his horse before he died.

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During the Battle of the Rosebud, the Cheyenne and Lakota, allied under the leadership of Crazy Horse, had been retreating, and they left the wounded Chief Comes in Sight on the battlefield. Suddenly Buffalo Calf Road Woman rode out onto the battlefield at full speed and grabbed up her brother, carrying him to safety. Her courageous rescue caused the Cheyenne to rally, and they defeated General George Crook and his forces. In honor of Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the Cheyenne called the Battle of Rosebud "The Fight Where the Girl Saved Her Brother".

Buffalo Calf Road Woman is documented as also having fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn. There she fought alongside her husband Black Coyote. In June 2005, the Northern Cheyenne broke their more than 100 years of silence about the battle. In a public recounting of Cheyenne oral history of the battle, tribal storytellers spoke of how it was Buffalo Calf Road Woman who had struck the blow that knocked Custer off his horse before he died in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. In 2017 Wallace Bearchum, Director of Tribal Services for the Northern Cheyenne, noted that Buffalo Calf Road Woman was an "excellent markswoman", but it was a club-like object she used and not a gun to knock General Custer off his horse.

After surrendering to the U.S., Buffalo Calf Road Woman, her husband Black Coyote, and their two children were relocated with most of the Northern Cheyennes to the Southern Cheyenne Reservation in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). In September, 1878 she and her family were part of the Northern Cheyenne Exodus, a breakout from the Oklahoma reservation to their home in Montana. Along the way, her husband shot and killed a Cheyenne chief named Black Crane, and their family totaling 8 people was banished from Little Wolf's band of Cheyennes. After this, Black Coyote and two other Cheyenne men attacked two U.S. soldiers along Mizpah Creek in Montana, killing one. Soldiers came from Fort Keogh and hunted the family down, capturing them 5 days later on April 10, 1879. This event became known as the Mizpah Creek incidents. The small group was taken to Miles City, Montana, where the three men including Black Coyote were tried for murder and scheduled to be executed on June 8, 1879. While her husband was in prison, Buffalo Calf Road Woman died, "some said of the white man's coughing disease", in May, 1879 at Miles City, Montana. When Black Coyote learned of this, he hanged himself in prison. She was also known as Buffalo Calf Trail Woman.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sold his 4 championship rings, 3 MVP Trophies and other memorabilia for 2.8 million dollars with the...
01/28/2026

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sold his 4 championship rings, 3 MVP Trophies and other memorabilia for 2.8 million dollars with the proceeds going to a youth education program.The hall of famer said, “when it comes to choosing between storing a championship ring or trophy in a room, or providing kids with an opportunity to change their lives, the choice is pretty simple: Sell it all.”

Broderick “Hollywood” Jackson, CEO of Hollywood Drag Racing Production (HDRP), is revolutionizing motorcycle drag racing...
01/28/2026

Broderick “Hollywood” Jackson, CEO of Hollywood Drag Racing Production (HDRP), is revolutionizing motorcycle drag racing entertainment. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, HDRP aims to lead the industry with a unique distribution formula promoting sustainability for participants and tracks.

We learn to stay strong for everyone else,to swallow exhaustionand call it maturity.But the body never lies,and the hear...
01/26/2026

We learn to stay strong for everyone else,
to swallow exhaustion
and call it maturity.

But the body never lies,
and the heart doesn’t need to be heroic.
It only needs permission to say:
“I am tired.”

If today you choose to breathe a little slower,
place a hand on your chest,
and stop blaming yourself for not being okay—
that isn’t giving up,
that’s coming back home to yourself.

If today you’re still moving,even without a clear destination,trust thisyou’re heading toward freedom,in your own way.
01/26/2026

If today you’re still moving,
even without a clear destination,
trust this
you’re heading toward freedom,
in your own way.

A young warrior felt lost after being separated from his group during a hunt.When he returned, he told the tribe’s elder...
01/25/2026

A young warrior felt lost after being separated from his group during a hunt.
When he returned, he told the tribe’s elder,
“I walked alone
 and fear followed me like a shadow.”

The elder smiled gently and replied:
“Did you see the wolf that stayed near you?”

The warrior nodded.

The elder said:
“A wolf does not guard the weak.
It walks beside the ones who carry strength they have not yet seen.”

The warrior asked,
“So what was the wolf teaching me?”

The elder answered:
“That the path you fear is the path where your strength is waiting.”

This quote hits with gentle strength. Every tribe, every culture, every people holds its own color, history, and purpose...
01/25/2026

This quote hits with gentle strength. Every tribe, every culture, every people holds its own color, history, and purpose. Together, they shape a world far more vivid than one shade ever could.

The portrait underscores that message—pride, identity, and presence that refuses to be diminished. Respect isn’t an option here; it’s the requirement for living in shared space.

Seeing humanity as a meadow instead of a hierarchy changes everything. Beauty grows best when every flower is allowed to bloom.

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