Minnie Hollow Wood and One Who Walks With the Stars - Lakota warriorsMinnie Hollow Wood (c.1856-1930

Minnie Hollow Wood and One Who Walks With the Stars - Lakota warriorsMinnie Hollow Wood (c.1856-1930′s) was a Lakota woman and wife to chief Hollow Wood. In 1876, she fought at the battle of Little Bighorn, which ended in a victory of the native tribes against the U.S. army. Minnie distinguished herself when fighting against the U.S. cavalry and was awarded the right to wear a war bonnet. The tide later turned, and she and her husband surrendered to general Nelson Miles. In 1877, she was among the prisoners at Fort Keogh. She and her husband were later transferred to a reservation where they lived the rest of their lives. The above photograph was taken in 1930 when Minnie Hollow Wood was 74.Oglala Lakota woman One Who Walks With the Stars also resisted Custer’s soldiers. She was the wife of Brulé Lakota  (or possibly an Oglala) chief Crow Dog. Her story was preserved by survivors of the fight. While her husband didn’t kill anyone during the battle, she killed two soldiers who tried to swim across the river. Warrior women of Little Big Horn:-Buffalo Calf Road Woman -Susie Shot-In-the-Eye Bibliography:“Hollow Wood”Hirschfeld Arlene, Paulette F. Molin, The Extraordinary Book of Native American ListsLawson Michael L., Little Bighorn Winning the Battle, Losing the WarLiberty Margot,”Cheyenne Primacy: The Tribes’ Perspective As Opposed To That Of The United States Army; A Possible Alternative To “The Great Sioux War Of 1876″Miller Humphrey David, Custer’s fallWakim Dennis Yvonne, Native American Almanac More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples -- source link

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