Little Raven (Arapaho leader)

Little Raven
Oh-has-tee, Hosa
Little Raven, some time between 1868 and 1874
Southern Arapaho leader
Personal details
Bornc. 1810
Platte River, Nebraska
Died1889
Cantonment (present-day Blaine County, Oklahoma)
ChildrenTato-Ka-Dan-Ska-Sun-Ka-Ku (son)
White Antelope (son)[1]
Known fornegotiated peace between tribes, secured rights to Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation

Little Raven, also known as Hosa (Young Crow), (born c. 1810 — died 1889) was from about 1855 until his death in 1889 a principal chief of the Southern Arapaho Indians. He negotiated peace between the Southern Arapaho and Cheyenne and the Comanche, Kiowa, and Plains Apache. He also secured rights to the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation in Indian Territory.[2]

  1. ^ Hans, Frederic Malon (1907). The Great Sioux Nation, p. 266.
  2. ^ May, Jon D. Little Raven (ca. 1810-1889). Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. (accessed 2 July 2012)