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Sioux Chiefs and Leaders

Famous Sioux chiefs and historical leaders include Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Bigfoot, Little Thunder, Big Mouth, Red Thunder (also known as Shappa, the Beaver), Waneta, Wizikute (a.k.a. Pine Shooter), Red Fish, American Horse, Crow Dog, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Red Bird (Zitkaduta), Big Curly, John Otherday (Aagpetu-tokecha), Redwing, Walking Buffalo (Tatankamani), Wamditanka (Great War Eagle), Gray Iron, Shakopee (Shakpe, 'six'), Mankato (M-ak'-to, Blue Earth), Old Mankato, Black Elk, Lone Horn, Touch the Clouds, Taoyateduta, Inkpaduta, and Napeshneeduta (Red Man Who Flees Not). Billy Mills was a famous Sioux Olympian athlete.

1 Wašíčuŋ Tȟašúŋke or American Horse, the Younger 198