That was where the teachings began.

That was where the war-chief deeds were judged.

That was where his historical responsibility lived.

That was where the landscapes in his books and stories remained.

And that was where his legacy mattered most directly.

A national audience may remember the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Military-history readers may remember the German horses.

Students of the Little Bighorn may remember his inherited oral testimony.

Scholars may remember his early anthropology work.

For the Apsáalooke, these achievements belong to a larger life inside the nation.