Moving Robe Woman (Tȟašína Máni) — The Hunkpapa Lakota Woman Who Rode Into The Battle Of Little Bighorn After Learning Her Brother Had Been Killed
She does not present herself as a warrior in the formal sense.
She was a grieving sister who made an extraordinary decision in an extraordinary moment — a decision that was understood by those around her, including the warriors she rode among, within the context of Lakota values that honored the defense of family and community above almost everything else.
When she died — the precise date of her death is not clearly established in the historical record — she left behind an account of a battle that the rest of American culture was telling very differently.
WHAT THE BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY REVEALED
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