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Housing Units (2000): 573
Land area (2000): 55.575606 sq. miles (143.940152 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 55.575606 sq. miles (143.940152 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42250
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 45.621819 N, 106.658079 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59043
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Headwords:
Lame Deer
Wikipedia
Lame Deer (died 1877) Miniconjou Lakota, Wakpokinyan band leader (vice chief) of those opposed to the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. He was present at the Battle of the Greasy Grass, also known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Lame Deer was killed when his village was attacked by soldiers under the command of Colonel Nelson A. Miles on May 7, 1877, about 1 mile southwest of the present-day town of Lame Deer, Montana, which was named for him.
Lame Deer was the Miniconjou Lakota leader during the Great Sioux War of 1876
Lame Deer may also refer to:
- Lame Deer, Montana, Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Rosebud County, Montana, USA
- John Fire Lame Deer (1903-1976), subject of Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions: the life of a Sioux medicine man by Richard Erdoes
- Archie Fire Lame Deer (1935-2001), subject of Gift of Power: the life and teachings of a Lakota medicine man by Richard Erdoes
Usage examples of "lame deer".
Hooper was photographing the running figures of the aliens, who were chasing the lame deer.
And for those who want to know something of Little Bighorn that cannot be got from books, let them travel up the Yellowstone valley, past the Powder and Tongue to the mouth of Rosebud Creek, and then take the Lame Deer road, past the great modern mining works which Custer and Crazy Horse never dreamed of, and follow the Rosebud to Custer's camp-site, and so to the bluffs and the river, and walk across the Greasy Grass.
A lame deer slowed, losing ground, becoming separated from the herd.
Later he went to Montana and then to Pine Ridge, where he and his people remained in peace until they were removed to Lame Deer, Montana, and there he spent the remainder of his days.
The people of Caer Tanaga fell on them as a pack of starving wolves falls on a lame deer.
Only a short time before Crazy Horse had surrendered, closely followed by the surrender of Two Moons and Lame Deer.