Iron Tail
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Iron Tail was an Oglala
Sioux
who fought alongside Sitting Bull
at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He also performed with Buffalo Bill's
Wild West Show during the 1890s and with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West
show from 1913 to 1916. He died of pneumonia on May 28, 1916 while traveling by train to his homeland, the hills of South Dakota. He was one of three models for the Indian Head nickel
.
Oglala Lakota
The Oglala Lakota or Oglala Sioux are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people; along with the Nakota and Dakota, they make up the Great Sioux Nation. A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the...
Sioux
Sioux
The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
who fought alongside Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies...
at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He also performed with Buffalo Bill's
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory , in LeClaire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US...
Wild West Show during the 1890s and with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West
Miller Brothers 101 Ranch
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was an cattle ranch in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma before statehood. Located near modern-day Ponca City, it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893. The 101 Ranch was the birthplace of the 101 Ranch Wild West...
show from 1913 to 1916. He died of pneumonia on May 28, 1916 while traveling by train to his homeland, the hills of South Dakota. He was one of three models for the Indian Head nickel
Indian Head nickel
The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel was a copper-nickel five-cent piece struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser....
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