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May 1877:
Death:

Bad Hand
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Bad Heart Bull
Mad Bull or Bull Without a Heart
Tatanka Cante Sica
circa 1846-47
He Dog (Sunka Bloka)
Red Blanket (Tasin Aluta Win)
Eagle Bonnet (Wanbli Wapaha), born circa 1869
One Who Saves Life (Wani Kiya), born circa 1873
Oglala Sioux
Soreback (Cankahuhan) Band
Among first of the Oglala to fight Reno's men upon their approach to the village
28 August 1913

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1926:
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Bad Horse
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bad Horse
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Bad Lake
Sioux
May have participated; in village during the Rosebud fight
Unknown

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Bad Light Hair
Bad Yellow Hair
Pehin Zi Sica
Oglala Sioux
Killed fighting Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory

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May 1877:
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Bad Minneconjues
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bad Partisan
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Bad Soup
Bad Juice
Hunkpapa Sioux
Participated in battle; recognized Custer
Visited Fort Lincoln once before the battle
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bad Sucker
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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1926:
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Bad Warrior
Ezekial Bad Warrior
1 January 1856
Sans Arc Sioux
Unknown
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
At Cheyenne River Agency
29 May 1931

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Bald Eagle
Northern Cheyenne
Helped bring in horses before going into the battle
Unknown

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May 1877:
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Bear Bird
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Bear Bonnet
Hunkpapa Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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1926:
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Bear Chasing
Sioux
Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

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Bear Ears
Hunkpapa Sioux
Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown

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Bear Horn
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

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1926:
Death:

Bear Horse
Oglala Sioux
Unknown
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bear Jaw
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Bear King
Sioux
Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown

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Bear Lice
Minniconjou Sioux
Counted coup in the Custer Column fight
Unknown

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Bear Lying Down
Oglala Sioux
Indicated some wild firing by Custer's Column
Unknown

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Bear Shield
Hunkpapa Sioux
Participated; then accompanied Sitting Bull to Canada
Unknown

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1926:
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Bear Soldier
1854
Hunkpapa Sioux, Fox Warrior Society
Fought beside his brothers, Black Bear and Black Bird
At Cheyenne River Agency
After 1941

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May 1877:
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Bear Star
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Bear Tail
Northern Cheyenne
Claimed that he and a Sioux killed a man who almost got away
Unknown

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Bear Walks on a Ridge
Ridge Walker or Bear That Walks
Northern Cheyenne
Little Warrior Chief of the Kit Fox Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown

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Bear With Horns
Mato Heton
Hunkpapa Sioux
Killed along Custer Ridge
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory

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Beard
Minniconjou Sioux
In the battle
Last Indian survivor of the Little Big Horn Battle
Unknown

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Bear's Cap
Sioux
Fought Custer's Column
Unknown

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Beaver Claws
Northern Cheyenne
Little Chief, Crazy Dog Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown

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1926:
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Beaver Heart
Northern Cheyenne, warrior
Fought Reno's skirmish line; drove soldiers to the bluffs
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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May 1877:
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Belly
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Belly Full
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Belly Inside
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Big Ankles
Minniconjou Sioux
Sharpshooter on Sharpshooter's Ridge in the hilltop fight
Unknown

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1926:
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Big Beaver
Northern Cheyenne
Captured gun from dead soldier in Keogh sector
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Big Belly Mule
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Big Bend
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Big Crow
Northern Cheyenne
Member, Crooked Lance Society
One of three seen by Sgt. Curtis at the box of hardtack
Unknown

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Big Design
Oglala Sioux
Killed in valley fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana

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Big Eater
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Big Elk
Unpan Tanka
Oglala Sioux, chief
Among those who advanced near Custer's final position
Unknown

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Big Foot
Northern Cheyenne, warrior
Sharpshooter on Sharpshooter's Ridge in the hilltop fight
Unknown

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Big Leggins
Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Big Lodge Chimney
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Big Man
Oglala Sioux
Sioux Chief, a leader at the Custer fight
Unknown

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Big Nose
Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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1926:
Death:

Big Nose
Northern Cheyenne
Camp guard on watch the first night
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Big Owl
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Big Road
Oglala Sioux, Warrior Chief
Principal chief who fought Reno
Unknown

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1929:
Death:

Black Bear
Oglala Sioux
Saw Custer's Column at the divide
At Standing Rock
Unknown

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Black Bird
Northern Cheyenne
11 years old at the time of the battle
Unknown

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1926:
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Black Body
Sioux
Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

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Black Coyote
Northern Cheyenne
Husband of Buffalo Calf Road Woman
Unknown
Unknown

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Black Eagle
Sans Arc Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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May 1877:
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Black Elk, Nicholas Black Elk
Hehaka Sapa
December 1863, Little Power River, Wyoming Territory
Black Elk
1892, Katie War Bonnet who died in 1903
1906, Anna Brings White
Oglala Sioux
Member, Big Road's Band
Took two scalps during the Reno fight
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
19 August 1950, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery, Manderson, South Dakota

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May 1877:
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Black Eye Lid
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Black Fox
Northern Cheyenne
Killed during the battle
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory

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Black Fox
Oglala Sioux
Father of Black Fox
Unknown
Unknown

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1877:
1926:
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Black Grain
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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Black Horse
Northern Cheyenne
Member, Little Wolf's band
One of three seen by Sgt. Curtis at the box of hardtack
Unknown

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May 1877:
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Black Kills
Northern Cheyenne
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Black Knife
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown

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Black Moccasin
Northern Cheyenne
Father of White Bull
Unknown
Unknown

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1881:
Death:

Black Moon, Old Black Moon
Hunkpapa Sioux
Father of Young Black Moon
Unknown
Surrendered at Standing Rock
Unknown

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Black Moon, Young Black Moon
Hanwi Sapa Cincala
Hunkpapa Sioux
War Leader, Fox Warrior Society
Led charges against Reno; killed in valley fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory

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Black Moon
Wi Sapa
Circa 1821
Minneconjou Sioux
Unknown
Fled to Canada
Surrendered at Standing Rock Agency
Transferred to Cheyenne River Agency
Part of family killed at Wounded Knee
1 March 1893

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Black Prairie Dog
Sioux
Unknown
At Standing Rock Agency
Unknown

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Black Shield
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown

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Black Shield
Minniconjou Sioux, Headman
Unknown
Unknown

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1926:
Death:

Black Stone, Black Whetstone
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
Unknown

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1926:
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Black Tongue
Sioux
Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

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Black Twin
Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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Black Wasichu, Black White Man
Wasicun Sapa
Oglala Sioux
Wounded during Custer fight, subsequently died
27 June 1876

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Black White Man
Northern Cheyenne
Saw Custer's Camp on 24 June
Unknown

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Black Wolf
Circa 1852
Northern Cheyenne
Fought under Chief Lame White Man
After 1941

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May 1877:
Death:

Blackbird
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Death:

Blind Water
Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bloody Knife
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Death:

Blue Cloud
Oglala Sioux
With White Bear's party; watched Custer at the divide
Unknown

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Blue Cloud
Hunkpapa Sioux
Unknown
Left Standing Rock with Kill Eagle
Unknown

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Blue Coat
Sans Arc, Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Blue Horse
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Death:

Blue Mountain
Hunkpapa Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bluff
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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1890:
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Bobtail Bull
Daniel Ojinca
Sioux
Unknown
Indian Police Service, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
Detailed to take Sitting Bull at Ghost Dance outbreak
Granted pension for same
Unknown

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1926:
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Bobtail Horse
Circa 1850
Northern Cheyenne
Member, Elkhorn Scraper Society
In fight at Medicine Tail Ford
Attended Battle 50 Year Anniversary
After 1936

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Box Elder
Dog Stands on a Ridge
Northern Cheyenne
Father of Brave Wolf
Unknown
Prophet who warned of Custer's coming
Unknown

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1926:
Death:

Braided Locks
Wrapped Braids, Brady, Braided Hair
Northern Cheyenne
Wounded in Custer fight
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

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1926:
Death:

Brave
Sioux
Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

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Brave Bear
Southern Cheyenne, warrior
Honorary distinction as the warrior who killed Custer
Unknown; alive in 1908

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Brave Crow
Sioux
Counted coup in the Custer fight
Unknown

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Brave Hawk
Belly Fat, Man Who Walks with His Dog
Sioux
Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown

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April 1877:
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Brave Wolf, Old Brave Wolf
Northern Cheyenne, chief and contrary
Participated in both Reno and Custer fights
Surrendered with Two Moon's band
2nd Cheyenne to enlist as scout with Gen. Nelson Miles
Unknown (alive in 1926)

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Brave Wolf
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Breech Cloth
Miyapahe
Minniconjou Sioux
Killed fighting on Reno Hill
26 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana Territory

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Brings Plenty
Sioux
Killed a soldier with a war club in the Custer fight
Unknown

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Broad Tail
Hunkpapa Sioux; Chief and leading warrior
May have participated
Unknown

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Broken Jaw
Northern Cheyenne
Little Chief, Elk Warrior Society
Unknown
Unknown

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Brown Back
Brown Pants
Hunkpapa Sioux
Discovered Custer at the Divide; gave village the alarm
Unknown

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Brown Bird
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown

Name:
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Role During Battle:
1926:
Death:

Brown Wolf
Sioux
Unknown
At Cheyenne River Agency
Unknown

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Death:

Buffalo Bull
Minniconjou Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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Buffalo Calf, Calf
Northern Cheyenne
Crazy Dog Society Warrior
One of first ten to fire on Custer's Column
Unknown; alive in 1926

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Buffalo Calf Pipe
Hunkpapa Sioux, Medicine Man
Unknown
Unknown

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Buffalo Calf Road Woman
Brave Woman
Mutsimiuna
Northern Cheyenne
Sister of Chief Comes in Sight
Fought alongside her husband Black Coyote
Unknown

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Buffalo Horse
Brule Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

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Bull
Minniconjou Sioux
Member, Bad Hand's band
Fought alongside Kill Eagle
Unknown

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Bull Bear
Southern Cheyenne
Chief of Dog Soldiers
Fought in Gall's charge up Medicine Tail Coulee
Unknown

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Bull Eagle
Sioux
May have participated
Killed during attempt to surrender to Gen. Nelson A. Miles
April 1877

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Bull Hump, Hump
Northern Cheyenne
Unknown
Unknown

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May 1877:
Death:

Bull Man
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown

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Death:

Bullet Proof
Northern Cheyenne, warrior
Unknown
Unknown

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Death:

Burst Thunder
Sioux
Unknown
Unknown

Name:
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Role During Battle:
May 1877:
Death:

Butt Horn
Oglala Sioux
May have participated
Surrendered at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska
Unknown