Brulé

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The Brulé are one of the seven branches or "sub-tribes" of the Lakota Sioux Native American nation. They are known as Sicangu Oyate, or "Burnt Thighs" nation, and so, called Brulé (lit. "burnt") by the French. Many Sicangu people live on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Southwestern South Dakota, with a small population living on the Lower Brule Reservation, the smallest reservation in South Dakota. It is on the West bank of the Missouri River.

[edit] Famous Brulé

• Standing Elk (Brulé) (to be distinguished from Standing Elk (Cheyenne) and Spotted Tail: Brulé chiefs at the time of Red Cloud's War^[1]
• Short Bull was a well-known Sicangu holy man, who brought the Ghost Dance to the Lakota in South Dakota in 1890.

[edit] References

1. ^ *Brown, Dee (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, ch. 6. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-5531-1979-6. 

[edit] External links

• Indian genealogy
• Rosebud Sioux