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2 unusual facts about Spotted Elk


America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song

The record is a mix of songs and narration, in which Cash attempts to describe elements of the country's past, including famous personalities like Paul Revere or Big Foot.

Spotted Elk

Following the Sioux Wars, the government placed the Minneconjou on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota.


Dewey Beard

Iron Hail joined the Ghost Dance movement and was in Spotted Elk's band along with his parents, siblings, wife and child.

Porcupine Butte

It was near Porcupine Butte, on December 28, 1890 that Spotted Elks's band of Miniconjou, Lakota and members of the Hunkpapa Lakota band who joined them on their way to join Red Cloud at Pine Ridge, were intercepted by a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment.


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