It was another form of bridge-building.

The Man Behind The Legend

The horse story is so cinematic that it can easily swallow the man.

A Native American soldier stealing German horses during World War II sounds almost too perfectly symbolic to be true.

It attracts headlines because it compresses centuries of history into a single image.

Yet Medicine Crow himself resisted being turned into a caricature of the “last warrior.”

People who knew him described humor, humility, discipline, curiosity, and an unusual ability to make others comfortable.

He was a musician as well as a historian.

USC records describe him playing several instruments.

He was an athlete in his youth.