Minnie Hollow Wood
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Minnie Hollow Wood was a Lakota Sioux
woman who earned the right to wear a warbonnet
because of her actions in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Her husband's name was Hollow Wood.
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...
woman who earned the right to wear a warbonnet
War bonnet
Feathered war bonnets were worn by honored Plains Indian men, sometimes into battle, but most often for ceremonial occasions, and were seen as items of great spiritual and magical importance...
because of her actions in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Her husband's name was Hollow Wood.