Talk:Crazy Horse

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[The following entry was made first but only reunited with the rest at 05:06, 13 March 2006 (UTC) via merger of history & content of Talk:Crazy Horse (disambiguation) to here. --Jerzy•t

I've heard that his name actually should be translated as "untammed" horse; is that true? Szopen —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Szopen (talk • contribs) 14:39, 23 April 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Page move 1.1 Crazy Horse (person) → Crazy Horse 2 Edit Bibliography 3 Is this true or BS? 4 Surrender? 5 crazy horse surrendering 6 Birth year 7 Photo Controversy

[edit] Page move

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[edit] Crazy Horse (person) → Crazy Horse

All other articles with "Crazy Horse" in the name are named after this figure, so his article should occupy the primary name. A disambig page is already in place. -- Netoholic @ 04:25, 2004 Oct 28 (UTC)

That is a bad reason for the move. But a few Google tests quickly establish the only really good reason there could be: references to him predominate among uses by a good margin.
--Jerzy•t 04:51, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I am hurt that there is no mention of the Kangi Tanka (Big Crow) in this article, nor our families steps to protect "Crazy Horse"s name in U.S. Federal Courts. Nor any information about the sad division of the "Red Cloud's", and the "Crazy Horse's". an essentially artificial division.
We are his inheritors. We have done so much with no recognition. I guess I should try to supe this up.
Brandon Kangi Tanka (Big Crow) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brandon Jay Denny (talk • contribs) 07:39, 8 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Bibliography

Was surprised that the Mari Sandoz biography was not listed. Add it and ordered the bibliography by date of publication, in order to preserve a historical interpretive context. If it becomes too large, I'd suggest ordering it by alpha author. --kradak 00:57, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Is this true or BS?

"Crazy Horse had hazel eyes and light curly hair (his nickname was "curly"). He also had relatively light skin and freckles."

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MelungeonOrigin/message/85 --grazon 19:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

ALL contemporary accounts, EVEN FROM OTHER INDIANS mention his very light color for an Indian, especially a Sioux. And his childhood name translates to "Curly" (although this might be a traditional family name, passed on). There was speculation back then that he was a half-breed or at least 1/4th white, although this is not backed by ANY information we have about his background. Put it down to the vagarity of Genetics and ask him if you meet him on the Riverworld. CFLeon 09:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Surrender?

I don't think Crazy Horse ever surrendered to anyone at anytime. He died in battle with high honor at the age of 27. Stabinator 06:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Source for this statement??? CFLeon 09:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I kindof assume this is a joke, but in any case, I'm sure the wording of surrender can be somewhat disputed. I've never seen or heard of any litterature that support this statement whatsoever. galar71 03:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] crazy horse surrendering

Crazy horse was a well respected man who had high values. He knew that his men were starving and he also knew that most of them were sick. He didn't want to have to surrender but he knew it was best for his men. If his men were still healthy they would have been fighting for many more months. his men knew that they were going to fall if they were fighting while they were sick. They trusted him and they knew he would do the right thing. So, I believe that Crazy Horse surrendering was a smart and honorable notion.

keegan seeman, sioux native and researcher

[edit] Birth year

The top of the article & the box mention Crazy Horse was born in 1849, but deeper in the text it says much earlier. Also, futher on, it mentions that his reputation grew in the 1850s & 60s, which would make the later birth year unlikely.--Robbstrd 02:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo Controversy

The surviving Crazy Horse family says no way. In the early days of photography a photographer had to make a living. So mislabeling photos and calling them Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse enhanced the value when they tried to sell them back east. For reseachers: check out the photos of noted old west photographer D. F. Barry. He has photos of Rain In The Face, Sitting Bull, and John Grass wearing exactly the same headdress. Why? Barry was the owner of the headdress and asked his Indian subjects to wear it as a favor. You see most Indians didn't even own one, even many of the head men. But he knew the easterners would pay more for a picture of an Indian that wore a headdress. Because it made them LOOK like a chief...whether they were or not was unimportant to a photographer trying to scratch out a living in a new and expensive business. (You can access these photos online at the Library of Congress or the Denver Public Library) The Crazy Horse family has a detailed drawing by an artist in 1934 based from a description by Crazy Horse's younger half sister, Iron Cedar. Upon looking at the drawing for the first time, she broke into tears and said it was exactly how she remembered him. It has been stored in the family cedar chest for over seventy years. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument has a copy of this drawing in their archives donated by the family.---moved here from main article, GunnerJr 14:14, 27 November 2006 (EST)