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Spotted Tail

American  

noun

  1. Sinte-galeshka, 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.


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"We'd like to see that land back," said Rosebud Sioux Chief John Spotted Tail during a 2018 speech at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023

Last fall, Weiden published an award-winning middle-school biography of Chief Spotted Tail, a peace-loving Lakota chief who refused to fight in an 1860s Indian war against the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

Spotted Tail said students were released Monday evening and told to stay home until the suspect is arrested.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2011

Public buildings across the reservation were locked down at about 1:30 or 2 p.m. while the search for the suspect took place, tribal representative Donald Spotted Tail said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2011

Spotted Tail was a strong and tall man, a powerful warrior.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

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