Crazy Horse

AKA: Tȟašúŋke Witkó

Date of birth:1840

Date of death:05. 09. 1877

Age:37^{† Deceased}

Gender:Male

Race:Native American

Era:1800s

State:South Dakota

Support

Indigenous Sovereignty

Biography

Oglala Lakota war leader, principal Lakota commander at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25, 1876) where U.S. Lt. Col. George Custer's 7th Cavalry was destroyed. After a harsh winter and U.S. Army campaigns of attrition, Crazy Horse surrendered with his band at Fort Robinson, Nebraska on May 5, 1877. He was bayoneted to death by an Army guard while being taken into a guardhouse for what authorities claimed was protective custody on September 5, 1877. His killing is widely understood as deliberate political assassination.

Note: Birth year approximate (circa 1840); exact birth date unknown.

Case

Fort Robinson

Charges: No criminal charges — military detention by the U.S. Army following surrender

Arrested: May 5, 1877

Released: Sep 5, 1877

Sentence: Bayoneted to death by an Army guard at Fort Robinson on September 5, 1877.

Institution State: Nebraska

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