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Painting of a Native American warrior with three eagle feathers. The basic weapon of the Indian warrior was the short, stout bow , designed for use on horseback and deadly, but only at short range. Guns were usually in short supply and ammunition scarce for Native warriors. [ 29 ]
White Antelope (Cheyenne: Wōkaī hwō'kō mǎs; [1] [a] c. 1789 – November 29, 1864) was a chief of the Southern Cheyenne.He was known for his advocacy of peace between white Americans living in the Great Plains until his killing at the Sand Creek massacre.
Cheyenne chief who resisted the American settlement of the Kansas and Colorado territories during the 1860s. After his village was destroyed during the Sand Creek massacre , he participated in the Colorado War with the Comanche and Kiowa negotiating several treaties with the United States before his death at Battle of Washita River .
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Mountain Chief (Nínaiistáko / Ninna-stako [1] in the Blackfoot language; c. 1848 – February 2, 1942) was a South Piegan warrior of the Blackfoot Tribe. [2] Mountain Chief was also called Big Brave (Omach-katsi) and adopted the name Frank Mountain Chief. [2]
The Indian cases set a precedent in Indian Country but the United States still enforced removal of most of the Cherokee Nation to west of the Mississippi River, along what became known as the Trail of Tears. After the removals, the Cherokee Nation was based west of the Mississippi River. Some Cherokee remained in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Indian-head test pattern is a test card that gained widespread adoption during the black-and-white television broadcasting era as an aid in the calibration of television equipment. It features a drawing of a Native American wearing a headdress surrounded by numerous graphic elements designed to test different aspects of broadcast display.
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