American Horse II
American Horse II (Wasechun Tashunka, "Wašíčuŋ Tȟašúŋke" in the standard Lakota orthography: "He-Has-A-White-Man's-Horse"; * 1840 in the Black Hills ; † December 16, 1908 in Pine Ridge Reservation , South Dakota ) was chief of the Oglala - Lakota .
American Horse excelled as a young man in battles against the Absarokee and Shoshone . When American Horse I fell in combat in 1876, the survivors went to the reservation and American Horse became the recognized leader of his group. At times he (like Sitting Bull ) accompanied the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, but made himself unpopular after his return to the reserve when he campaigned for the dissolution of the reserve in several areas from 1887. Sitting Bull was an absolute opponent of the dissolution at the time, as it was associated with considerable land losses. In 1890 American Horse was an opponent of ghost dance .
In 1891 he traveled to Washington to improve the living conditions of the Lakota - but he did not have much success. Further trips to Washington were similarly unsuccessful.
American Horse died on the Pine Ridge Reservation .
literature
- George E. Hyde: Red Cloud's folk. A history of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984
- Bruce Grant: The Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Wing Books: New York, 2000
Web links
- American strains (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | American Horse II |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wasechun Tashunka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief of the Oglala Lakota |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Black Hills |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1908 |
| Place of death | Pine Ridge Reservation |