Spotted Tail
Sinte Gleska (Spotted Tail) was a Brulé Lakota tribal chief. Although a great warrior in his youth, he became convinced of the pointlessness of opposing the white incursions into his beloved homeland, and became a statesman, speaking for peace and defending the rights of his tribe. He was a contemporary of Crazy Horse, and his sisters Iron Between Horns and Kills Enemy were said to have married Crazy Horse's widowed father. He was described as being born either in 1823 or 1833, and was killed by Crow Dog in 1881 when other tribal members perceived him as a traitor in the struggle for power among the Lakota following the Black Hills War.
A tribal university (Sinte Gleska University) on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota was named for him in 1971.
See also
- Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
- Paha Sapa (The Black Hills)
- Crazy Horse
Reference
- Find A Grave: Spotted Tail - bio and pictures
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