Born c. 1831, near Grand River, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota]—died December 15, 1890

Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake was a Hunkpapa Lakota military, religious, and tribal chief whose resistance to United States military and government policies was legendary. He fought, and was victorious, in the Battle of Little Bighorn. He fought to defend his people’s culture and land against encroaching American settlers and governmental civilization policies. He remains an iconic figure in the fight for Indigenous rights, equality, and acknowledgement of broken treaties with Indigenous nations.