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Crazy Horse was born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1841, the son of the Oglala Sioux shaman also named Crazy Horse and his wife, a member of the Brule Sioux. Crazy Horse had lighter...
Crazy Horse was born to parents from two different bands of the Lakota division of the Sioux, his father being an Oglala and his mother a Miniconjou. His father, born in 1810, was also named Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse).
Crazy Horse (born 1842?, near present-day Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.—died September 5, 1877, Fort Robinson, Nebraska) was a chief of the Oglala band of Lakota (Teton or Western Sioux) who was an able tactician and a determined warrior in the Sioux resistance to European Americans’ invasion of the northern Great Plains.
An uncompromising and fearless Lakota leader who was committed to protecting his people's way of life, Crazy Horse was born with the Native American name Tashunka Witco around 1840 near what...
Crazy Horse or Tasunke Witco was born as a member of the Oglala Lakota on Rapid Creek about 40 miles northeast of Thunderhead Mt. (now Crazy Horse Mountain) in c. 1840.
Crazy Horse was born c. 1840 in the Black Hills, South Dakota. His mother, Rattling-Blanket-Woman, named him Chan Ohan (also given as Cha-O-Ha, "Among-the-Trees"), meaning he was one with the natural world, and he grew up being called Curly, owing to his curly hair, or Light Hair, as his hair, and skin, was lighter than other Oglala Lakota Sioux.
Crazy Horse was born a member of the Oglala Lakota near present-day Rapid City in the Black Hills of South Dakota, c. 1840. He had a lighter complexion and hair than others, and very curly hair.
Though his exact birth date is disputed, it is believed that Crazy Horse was born somewhere around 1840 – 1842. His father was named Crazy Horse; his mother was Rattle/Rattling Blanket Woman (Lakota: Ta-sina Hlahla Win).
Crazy Horse was born in 1840 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. As a child, he was named “Curly Hair” due to his light complexion and hair that made him stand out from all the other boys. It is believed he acquired his name, the same his father bore, after a battle.
As a fierce enemy, Crazy Horse summoned the anger, fear — and respect — of the U.S. Government and its army. Birth and childhood Crazy Horse was born in 1844 at Bear Butte, possibly on the Belle Fourche River east of Paha Sapa, also known as the Black Hills. The boy's name at birth was Curly.