Lame Deer

Lame Deer
Tĥáĥčahušté
Miniconjou Lakota leader
Personal details
Bornc. 1821
DiedMay 10, 1877(1877-05-10) (aged 55–56)
Montana Territory
Resting placeLame Deer, Montana
Known forParticipation in the Battle of Little Big Horn and the Battle of Little Muddy Creek

Lame Deer (c. 1821-1877), also called "The Elk that Whistles Running,"[1] was a first chief of the Miniconjou Lakota (trans. "They who plant by the water"[2]) and vice chief of the Wakpokinyan (trans. "To Fly along the river") band.

  1. ^ Anderson, Harry (1956). "An Investigation of the Early Bands of the Saone Group of Teton Sioux". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 46 (3): 88. JSTOR 24533716 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Waggoner, Josephine (2014). Witness: a Hunkpapha historian's Strong-Heart song of the Lakotas. University of Nebraska Press. p. 51,372,671n1.