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Powhatan | Chief Wahunsunacock of Virginia, father of Pocahontas |
Sitting Bull | Sioux leader at Battle of Little Bighorn, performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
Tecumseh | Shawnee leader at Battle of Tippecanoe, died in War of 1812 at Thames River in Canada |
Black Hawk | Sauk leader, led 1832 war to reclaim lands in Illinois and Wisconsin. |
Chief Pontiac | Ottawa leader, led 1763-66 rebellion against the British in the Great Lakes |
Chief Joseph | Nez Perce leader, humanitarian, and peacemaker in Pacific Northwest. |
Geronimo | Apache leader in southwest and Mexico. Daring exploits and escapes 1858-1886 |
Crazy Horse | Lakota leader at Battle of Little Bighorn; Unfinished Memorial in Black Hills of South Dakota is the world's largest sculpture |
Cochise | Apache leader in southwest and Mexico who led the 1861 uprising with Geronimo |
Black Elk | Holy Man of Oglala Sioux; Earth Prayer: sometimes dreams are wiser than waking" |
Big Bear | Cree leader (western Canadian plains); refused to sign 1876 treaty with Prime Minister Macdonald |