Iron Shell

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Iron Shell
Iron Shell

Iron Shell was a Brule Sioux chief. He initially became prominent after an 1843 raid on the Pawnee, and became sub-chief of the Brule under Little Thunder. He became chief of the Brule Orphan Band during the Powder River War of 1866-1868. He signed the Treaty of 1868, and lived the remainder of his life on the Rosebud Reservation. Hollow Horn Bear was his son.

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