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Warrior was born in 1959 as James Brian Hellwig, [4] in Crawfordsville, Indiana, about 50 miles northwest of Indianapolis.He was the oldest of five children and was raised by his mother (along with, later, his stepfather) after his father left his family when he was 12.
Sister of Chihenne-Chiricahua Apache chief Vittorio, Lozen was a prominent prophet and warrior against Mexican incursions into the southwest United States. Neolin: fl. 1761–1763 1760s Lenni-Lanape: Known as the "Delaware Prophet", he founded a movement during the mid-18th century to reject European goods and a return to traditional way of life.
The most renowned of all the Plains Indians as warriors were the Comanche whom The Economist noted in 2010: "They could loose a flock of arrows while hanging off the side of a galloping horse, using the animal as protection against return fire. The sight amazed and terrified their white (and Indian) adversaries."
Ledger drawing of a mounted Cheyenne warrior counting coup with lance on a dismounted Crow warrior, 1880s. Among the Plains Indians of North America, counting coup (/ k uː /) (“coup“ is french for “blow” or “shock”) is the warrior tradition of winning prestige against an enemy in battle. It is one of the traditional ways of showing ...
However, an important motive was "the warrior tradition—the tradition of protecting their people". [17] [18] During World War II, the military sent coded messages by way of Code talkers. [17] These were Native Americans who encoded messages into their Native language. This was used in World War I and then grew more significant during World ...
Simon Girty, "the White Savage," etching from Thomas Boyd's 1928 book by the same title. [9]Girty lived with Guyasuta of the Mingo and Seneca for seven years. He was returned to the British in November 1764, during a prisoner exchange after the end of Pontiac's War, but upon going back to Pennsylvania he immediately returned to his former tribe, who had to convince him to leave.
An accomplished warrior by his late teens, Gall became a war chief in his twenties. [3] As a Lakota war leader in the long conflict against United States intrusion onto tribal lands, Gall served with Sitting Bull during several battles, including the Battle of Killdeer Mountain in 1864 [ 4 ] and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, [a] c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors who resisted colonists and United States settlers in the Upper South.