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Plenty Coups (Crow: Alaxchíia Ahú, [1] "many achievements"; c. 1848 – 1932) was the principal chief of the Crow Tribe and a visionary leader.. He allied the Crow with the whites when the war for the West was being fought because the Sioux and Cheyenne (who opposed white settlement of the area) were the traditional enemies of the Crow.
Richard Throssel was born in Marengo, Washington Territory in 1882. Throssel is best known for his photographs of the Crow Reservation from 1902 to 1911. These photographs of the Crows portray ceremonies, dances, scenes of everyday life, and individual and group portraits, and are valued as historical documents and as works of art. [1]
One of the most famous Crow leaders to encounter the Little People was the legendary Crow chief Plenty Coups (Aleek-chea-ahoosh). When he was nine years old, Plenty Coup's older brother (who was a great warrior and quite handsome, and whom Plenty Coups loved deeply) was killed by raiding Lakotas.
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Generally the Baaxpée a Crow wishes to attain through a vision quest is personal and specific to the individual. Before embarking upon the quest a Crow might visit a medicine man to help determine what type of Baaxpée would most aid them, and to go over the rites and prayers to ensure their endeavour follows the rituals. [14]
A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, [1] is the result of an effort which is made to create an idealized and heroic image of a glorious leader, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.
The Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, which represents the Crow Tribe and 10 other tribes in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, demanded a formal apology in a Tuesday letter to Sheehy’s campaign ...