<Li> Chief Crazy Horse, war chief of the Oglala, c. 1870 </Li> <Li> SuAnne Big Crow, led the Pine Ridge High School basketball team to state championship in 1989 </Li> <Ul> <Li> Pat Cuny (Oglala), as a soldier in the 83rd Infantry Division, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and took part in the liberation of Langenstein concentration camp in Nazi Germany . </Li> <Li> Ed McGaa (Eagle Man), author, attorney and veteran U.S. Marine Corps F - 4B Phantom fighter pilot in Vietnam; flew 110 combat missions, received eight Air Medals, two Crosses of Gallantry, and a recommendation for the Distinguished Flying Cross . </Li> <Li> Cecilia Fire Thunder, first woman elected as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, 2004; promotes women's issues and revival of the Lakota language . </Li> <Li> Tim Giago started the first independent Native American newspaper, Lakota Times (now Indian Country Today); received a 1991 Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, and is a contributing writer to the Huffington Post . </Li> <Li> Kicking Bear (Oglala), became a chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux tribe . He fought in several battles during the Great Sioux War of 1876, including the Battle of Little Big Horn . Also a holy man, he was active in the Ghost Dance religious movement of 1890 . He traveled with fellow Lakota Arnold Short Bull to visit the leader Wovoka, a Paiute holy man residing in Nevada . </Li> <Li> Eddie Little Sky, actor . </Li> <Li> Little Wound (Tȟaópi Čík'ala: 1835--1899, Oglala). Following the death of his brother Bull Bear II in 1865, he became chief of the Kuinyan branch of the Kiyuksa band (Bear people). </Li> <Li> Chief Long Wolf (1833--1892), warrior of Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Sioux Wars . He died at age 59 of bronchial pneumonia while taking part in the European tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show . He was buried at West Brompton's cemetery with a 17 - month - old Sioux girl, White Star Ghost Dog, believed to have died after falling from her mother's arms while on horseback. 105 years later, Elizabeth Knight, a British woman, traced his family and campaigned with them to have his remains returned to his homeland . In 1997, Long Wolf's coffin was moved to a new plot at Saint Ann's Cemetery in Wolf Creek . White Star Ghost Dog's coffin was also reinterred there . </Li> <Li> Old Chief Smoke (Šóta; 1774 - 1864), an early Oglala chief and Shirt Wearer </Li> <Li> Black Elk (Heȟáka Sápa; 1863 - 1950), an Oglala holy man, and second cousin to Crazy Horse </Li> <Li> Chief Red Cloud (1822--1909, Oglala), a chief, respected warrior and statesman . From 1866 to 1868, he succeeded in closing the Bozeman Trail, which passed through prime bison hunting grounds . At Pine Ridge, Red Cloud worked to establish a Jesuit school for Native American children . The Red Cloud Agency was established in Nebraska in 1873 . </Li> <Li> Philip N. Hogen, United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota 1981 - 1991 . </Li> <Li> Ola Mildred Rexroat, the only Native American pilot in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). </Li> <Li> Sean Sherman, food educator, caterer, author of The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen </Li> <Li> Chief Spotted Elk, called Big Foot by the U.S. soldiers . His band of Miniconjou Sioux were massacred at Wounded Knee in 1891 . </Li> <Li> Touch the Clouds, Oglala chief </Li> <Li> JoAnn Tall, environmental activist at Pine Ridge, honored in 1993 for her opposition to uranium mining on the reservation . </Li> <Li> Theresa Two Bulls, first American Indian woman elected to the South Dakota legislature; served as state senator (2004--2008) and president of Oglala Sioux Tribe (2008--2010) </Li> <Li> Richard Wilson (April 29, 1934--January 31, 1990), tribal chairman from 1972--1976 during the Wounded Knee Incident; accused of violently suppressing political opposition . </Li> <Li> John Yellow Bird Steele, elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe six times from 1992 - 2010 </Li> <Li> Young Man Afraid Of His Horses (Tȟašúŋke Kȟokípȟapi) (1830--1900). His name means "They fear his horse" or "His horse is feared," meaning the warrior was so renowned that the sight of his horse inspired fear . </Li> <Li> Charles Trimble (Oglala Lakota Nation), activist and former Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians (1972--1978) </Li> <Li> William Mervin "Billy" Mills, also known as Makata Taka Hela, is the second Native American to win an Olympic gold medal and the only American ever to win the Olympic gold in the 10,000 meter run . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Pat Cuny (Oglala), as a soldier in the 83rd Infantry Division, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and took part in the liberation of Langenstein concentration camp in Nazi Germany . </Li>

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