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36 Years of and His People When I think back to the stories about how the Native American Indians were driven from their land and forced to live on the reservations, one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little BigHorn. This was o ....

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.... in the western plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided into seven tribes: Oglala’s, Brule’, Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow, Two Kettle, and the Blackfoot. Of these seven tribes each had different bands. , one of the greatest war chiefs of all times, came from the Hunkpatila. The Hunkpatila was a band of the Oglala’s (Guttmacher 12). was not given this name, on his birth date in the fall of 1841. He was born of his father, an Oglala holy man, and his mother a sister of a Brule’ warrior, Spotted Tail. As the boy grew older his hair became wavy so his people gave him the nickname of Curly (Guttmacher 23). He was ....