Birthdate: October 27, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lodge Grass, Montana, United States
Died: April 3, 2016
Joe Medicine Crow was a distinguished Native American writer, historian, and war chief of the Crow Tribe. His influential works on Native American history and reservation culture focused on the Battle of the Little Bighorn of 1876. A veteran of World War II, he served as a scout in the U.S. Army and received prestigious honors including the Bronze Star Medal, Légion d’honneur, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was a key member of the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth and held the esteemed positions of the last war chief of the Crow Tribe and the final Plains Indian war chief.
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