Frank Bennet Fiske
Portrait of Cow Boy Also Known As "Amanda Rocky Buttes," the Only Woman Who Fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn, 1890s
Silver print
5 3/4 x 4 inches on larger mount
With photographer's credit and subject identification on image
With photographer's credit and subject identification on image
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A previously unknown portrait of He Inyan Wi the 'Woman Warrior' of the Lakota Sioux, also known as Amanda Rocky Buttes, or Cow Boy. She was the only woman who...
A previously unknown portrait of He Inyan Wi the "Woman Warrior" of the Lakota Sioux, also known as Amanda Rocky Buttes, or Cow Boy. She was the only woman who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn, also called the battle of the Greasy Grass, and her experiences there were recounted in an interview with Bill Zahn by Colonel A.B. Welch in 1921. She was married to Blue Thunder, a Yanktonai Dakota tribal elder.