American Horse
Born	1840 Black Hills, South Dakota
Died	December 16, 1908 Pine Ridge, South Dakota

American Horse (1840-December 16, 1908) was a chieftain of the Oglala Sioux during a Sioux Wars of the 1870s. He was also the nephew of the elder American Horse and son-in-law of Red Cloud. Image File history File links AmericanHorse. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, USA. Set off from the main body of the Rocky Mountains, the region is somewhat of a geological anomaly. ... State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U.S. States Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Official language(s) English Area 199,905 km² (17th)  - Land 196,735 km²  - Water 3,173 km² (1. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pine Ridge is a census-designated place located in Shannon County, South Dakota. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. ... The Sioux Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and various subgroups of the Sioux people that occurred in the latter half of the 19th century. ... Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Red Cloud Red Cloud (Sioux: Makhpyia-luta), (1822 – December 10, 1909) was a chief of the Oglala Sioux. ...

Born as Wasechun-tashunka to Sitting Bear in the Black Hills of present day South Dakota, American Horse became known as a prominent warrior during the Bozeman Trail War in 1866. Representing his tribe, American Horse was one of the signers of a treaty between the Sioux and the United States government in 1887 in which the lands of the Sioux Reservation in the Dakota Territory was reduced by half. However, with the opposition against the treaty by over half of the Oglala, encouraged by the Ghost Dance uprising as well as the recent death of Sitting Bull, withdrew from the council and, led by Big Foot, prepared to make a stand against the Federal government. However they were later persuaded by American Horse to agree to the terms of the treaty and letter settled on the Pine Ridge Reservation. State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U.S. States Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Official language(s) English Area 199,905 km² (17th)  - Land 196,735 km²  - Water 3,173 km² (1. ... Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. ... Dakota Territory was the name of the northernmost part of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. ... This article deals with the Native American spiritual movement known as the Ghost Dance. ... Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Sioux: Tatanka Iyotake or Tatanka Iyotanka orTa-Tanka I-Yotank, born Jumping Badger, later named Hunkesni, Slow), (c. ... Big Foot has been known to have shown itself to people. ... Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is a Lakota-Sioux Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. ...

American Horse later led a delegation to Washington, D.C. in 1891, where he successfully gained government support for improved rations and humane treatment of the Sioux. He, along with other Sioux leaders, toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He later died in Pine Ridge, South Dakota on December 16, 1908. Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Buffalo Bill Cody Buffalo Bill (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was born William Frederick Cody in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire . ... Pine Ridge is a census-designated place located in Shannon County, South Dakota. ...

References

• Grant, Bruce. The Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian Wing Books: New York, 2000.
• Markowitz, Harvey. American Indian Biographies Salem Press, Inc.: California, 1999.