Medicine Crow (right) with President Barack Obama in 2009
Born
Joseph Medicine Crow
(1913-10-27)October 27, 1913
Near Lodge Grass, Montana, U.S.
Died
April 3, 2016(2016-04-03) (aged 102)
Billings, Montana, U.S.
Nationality
Crow, American
Alma mater
Linfield College University of Southern California
Occupation(s)
Historian, war chief, anthropologist, author
Relatives
Pauline Small (cousin) White Man Runs Him (step-grandfather)
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Military career
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1943–1946
Rank
Technician 5th grade
Unit
103rd Infantry Division
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Bronze Star Légion d'honneur
Joseph Medicine Crow (October 27, 1913 – April 3, 2016) was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Tribe. His writings on Native American history and reservation culture are considered seminal works, but he is best known for his writings and lectures concerning the Battle of the Little Bighorn of 1876.
Medicine Crow was a World War II veteran, serving as a scout in the 103rd Infantry Division of the US Army. He received the Bronze Star Medal and the Légion d'honneur for his service during World War II. In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.
Medicine Crow was a founding member of the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth.[1] He was the last war chief of the Crow Tribe and the last Plains Indian war chief.
^"PIM 'founder,' war hero Medicine Crow turns 100". Cody Enterprise. Sage Publishing. October 30, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
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1860–90. Lincoln and London. pp. 112–114. MedicineCrow, Joseph (1992): From the Heart of the Crow Country: The Crow Indians' Own Stories. New York. p. xi...
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woman to be elected to office in the Crow Tribe of Montana. In 1966 she was elected to Vice-Secretary of the Crow Tribal Council, holding office de facto...
Bighorn Mountains". Dr. JoeMedicineCrow and Dr. Timothy McCleary. "Migration Stories". Little Bighorn College Library. "About the Crow People". "Little Bighorn...
Ford (1999) Jimmy Carter (1999) George H.W. Bush (2011) Bill Clinton (2013) Joe Biden (2017, as Vice President; also awarded with Distinction) In 2015, President...
anthropologist (born 1944) Robert Guinan, painter (born 1934) JoeMedicineCrow, Crow historian and author (born 1913) Ward Crutchfield, politician (born...
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Global Information
Presidential Medal of Freedom
United States of America
United States Army
Technician 5th grade
Bronze Star
Légion d'honneur