Horse's Ghost
Horse's Ghost was a Sioux Chief in Montana at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation who advocated for Native American rights with members of President Taft's administration.[1]
Horse's Ghost | |
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 Horse's Ghost at the fair, Poplar, Montana | |
| Sioux leader | |
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| Known for | Trip to Washington to argue for Native American rights with Major Charles B. Lohmiller |
Biography
In 1911 he went to Washington with Major Charles B. Lohmiller to advocate for Native American rights with members of President Taft's administration.[1][2][3]
In 1913 he took part in the National Reliability Tour sponsored by the American Automobile Association.[4]
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References
- The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Montana Historical Society Angus & Robertson. 2008.
With Lohmiller, from left to right: Chief Iron Whip, Chief Spotted Eagle, Chief Horses Ghost, Chief Grow Twice Kill Twice. ...
- Kenneth D. Shields, Jr. (2000). The Little Bighorn: Tiospaye. Arcadia Publishing.
Traveling to Washington D.C., Spotted Eagle, Iron Whip, Horse's Ghost, Grow Twice, and Kill prepare to meet with members of the Taft administration, November 1911 ...
- Kenneth D. Shields, Jr. (1998). Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4827-8.
Horses Ghost was another one of the Sioux leaders who accompanied Major ...
- "Indians Will Compete". Automobile Journal. 1913. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
For the first time in the history of automobile contests, full blooded American Indians will compete in the 1913 national reliability tour of the American Automobile Association, according to the announcement of the committee. Long Time Sleep, a Blackfoot Indian of the Glacier national park reservation, is the first to make entry, and it is stated that Chief Horse’s Ghost of the Fort Peck reservation in eastern Montana, also is to drive a car in this event.
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