Yes... Chief Plenty Coups
The Crow had six scouts serving with George Armstrong Custer but Plenty Coups was not among them. He had already assumed the position as Principal Chief of the Crow at the moment of that battle. White Man Runs Him was among the Crow Scouts known by name who survived and Curly, Goes Ahead and Hairy Moccsin are also known names. Two Crow Scouts apparently remain unknown to history and died with the 7th.
The Crows have been a people separate from their relatives the Hidatsas for perhaps 500 years; it follows that there must have been more than one chief during that time. Moreover the Crows were historically divided into two independent groups: Mountain Crows and River Crows, each with their own chiefs.In 1834 the chief of the River Crows was Rotten Belly and Big Robber was head chief of the Mountain Crows. By 1851 Rottentail had become head chief of the River Crows. Since chief Rottentail did not attend the Fort Laramie treaty in that year, Big Robber was selected by the US government to be head chief of all the Crows - but he died in 1858. Note that this idea of a "tribal head chief" was not a native one, but an idea imposed by the government.Other important chiefs during this period were Two Face, Bear's Head and Long Hair.By the 1860s and 1870s there were many notable and important chiefs including Bull Chief, Iron Bull, Sits in the Middle of the Land, Long Horse, White Calf, Bell Rock, Medicine Raven, Old Crow, Long Elk, Plenty Coups and Pretty Eagle. During the reservation era the government chose Plenty Coups to act as "head chief" of all the Crows, a popular appointment among the tribespeople.More recently Robert Yellowtail was the tribe's elder statesman for more than 50 years. he sadly passed away in 1988. His son Bill Yellowtail was elected to the Montana state senate.
The Crows did not use snowshoes because they were a Plains tribe and had large numbers of horses. In the biography of the life of Chief Plenty Coups (recounted to a white American writer entirely in sign language), Plenty Coups recalled many winter war parties he took part in as a young warrior against the Lakota and Pikuni Blackfoot; the Crows used their horses almost like snow ploughs to drive a path through deep snow and create a trail. Winter hunting was also done on horseback; winter campsites were normally established before the heavy snows came, so very little travelling had to be done until the snow melted again. See link below for an image:
France....may have a had a few, but Bolivia has had 193 coups since independence from Spain in 1825.
Plenty Coups has written: 'American: the life story of a great Indian, Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows' -- subject(s): Biography, Crow Indians
Yes... Chief Plenty Coups
Plenty Coups was born in 1848.
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The Crow had six scouts serving with George Armstrong Custer but Plenty Coups was not among them. He had already assumed the position as Principal Chief of the Crow at the moment of that battle. White Man Runs Him was among the Crow Scouts known by name who survived and Curly, Goes Ahead and Hairy Moccsin are also known names. Two Crow Scouts apparently remain unknown to history and died with the 7th.
Crow Indians counted coups to demonstrate their bravery in combat. Killing an enemy isn't brave; but, striking an enemy with a coups-stick and living through the event, showed courage. Counting coups was one of four things a warrior had to do to becaome a chief: count coups, take a horse from an enemy, lead a successful raid, and take a weapon from an enemy. The warrior that had done the most of the four qualifiers was head chief. ~ Awe'
Chief Plenty Coups (1848 to 1932) became the most significant and important leader of the Absaaalooke (Crow) tribe and he was instrumental in persuading his people to never make war on White Americans. His real name was Aleek.cheea.ahoosh - Many War Achievements. Other famous Crow leaders were Eelapuash (Sore Belly or Rotten Belly), No Vitals, Big Robber, Twines His Tail, Iron Bull, Sits in the Middle of the Land, Long Horse, Medicine Crow, Yellow Bear, Bell Rock and Red Bear. Today a large area of the Crow Reservation near Pryor in Montana is designated the "Plenty Coups State Park", with a visitor centre and museum dedicated to the memory of the great Crow chief.
not without the coups' baby, not without the coups
Les Mauvais Coups was created in 1961.
The Sioux did have a chief. Chief Red Cloud was a well known chief. He was a great leader and was known to be very brave.
Michael P. Doss has written: 'Plenty Coups' -- subject(s): Biography, Crow Indians, Indians of North America, Juvenile literature
First off, there not called "coups" there called "branches" of the military. There is the Army, the Coast Guard, the Navy, Marines Corps. And Air Force.