Feeling Rebloggy
Happy Birthday to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian War Chief and World War II veteran. He turned 102 years old on Tuesday (10 27 2015)
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| Chief Dr Joe Medicine Crow at 102 He's been here for Little Big Horn, WWII, and the War in Iraq That seems like 10 lifetimes to me |
Born October 27, 1913 near Lodge Grass, Montana, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow is the last living person with a direct oral history from a participant of the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.His grandfather, White Man Runs Him was a scout with General Custer and died in 1925 when Medicine Crow was 11 years old. Dr. Medicine Crow’s grandparents lived before the United States Government sent Indians to a reservation in 1884.
from The Greatest Generation Foundation
JOE MEDICINE CROW TALKS PRIDE
AND SURVIVING WHITE PEOPLE TO YOUTH "We're still here."
AND SURVIVING WHITE PEOPLE TO YOUTH "We're still here."
Video from 2009-ish? Not Sure
READ MORE ABOUT THIS MANS ACHIEVEMENTS
AND SEE AWESOME-ER PICTURES. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1103846679649672&set=a.100544109979939.1131.100000730507591&type=3&theater
READ MORE ABOUT HIS BAD@SSEDNESS HERE
- HIS PATH TO BECOMING A CHIEF
- I can't vouch for the language or the imagery OR the website.
However, I was glad to learn more about him.
At your own risk---> http://www.badassoftheweek.com/medicinecrow.html
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