Thursday, August 5, 2010. Chief Black Hawk - Sauk. Makataimeshekiakiak was born in spring 1767, in in the village of Saukenuk on the Rock River, in present-day Rock Island, Illinois. He was born into the Sauk Native American tribe. After the Black Hawk War - Tour. Eventually workers found the bones left by McLaurens after he moved to California.

Thursday, August 5, 2010. Cochise was born about 1805 in an area that is now the northern Mexican region of Sonora, New Mexico and Arizona as a member of the Chokonen-Chiricahua Apache tribe. Capture, escape, and retirement. Cochise then retired to his n.

Thursday, August 5, 2010. Because of this incident where his wife, children and mother were killed by the Mexicans, Geronimo, from then on took revenge on the Mexicans with many deadly raids.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Ignacio was born in 1828, in San Juan County, Colorado. Tribal history states that at age fourteen he killed every member of a rival family to avenge the murder of his father. He was more statesmanlike but no less resolute in the 1870s, when conflict between the Utes and white settlers reached its peak. A savvy negotiator, he gained the respect of U.

Sunday, July 25, 2010. Chief Joseph - Nez Perce. Chief Joseph - Nez Perce. Chief Joseph was born on March 3, 1840, in the Wallowa Valley of northeastern Oregon which was the home of the Nez Perce Native Americans. He was known as Chief Joseph, the younger, because when his father was converted to Christianity, his father was given the Christian name of Joseph. Therefore the father was Joseph, the Elder. Chief Joseph was born as Hinmuuttu-yalatlat or Hinmaton-Yalaktit or Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Chief Keokuk - Sak or Sauk Tribe. A Native American, Black Hawk, of the Sauk tribe, did not approve of the Treaty of 1830. In the spring of 1830, when Black Hawk and his followers returned from their hunt, they found white settlers occupying their village. Black Hawk had not sanctioned the sale of this land and was determined to regain the village. This was the instigation of the 1832 Black Hawk war. To find the family tree for Chief Keokuk. In Roots Web, click here.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Osceola was born as Billy Powell in 1804. Where he was born is not agreed upon. His mother was Polly Coppinger, daughter of Ann McQueen. Ann McQueen was part Muscogee Native American and part Scottish. His father is reputed to have been an English trader named William Powell. This is the only treaty I will make with the whites! Osceola Stabbing the Treaty.

Sunday, September 26, 2010. Ouray was born on Nov. 33, in Taos County, New Mexico. H e was born to an Uncompahgre Ute mother and a Jicarilla Apache father. As a youngster he learned to speak both Spanish and English, only later did he learn Ute and Apache. At the age of 17, he became the hereditary Chief of the Uncompahgre Ute Tribe.

Friday, August 6, 2010. Chief Red Cloud - Sioux. Chief Red Cloud - Sioux. Maȟpíya Lúta or Makhpia-sha was born in 1822 in Nebraska. He was one of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army ever faced. At a young age, he fought against neighboring Pawnee and Crow, gaining much war experience.

Monday, August 9, 2010. Chief Red Fox - Sioux. The following is part of the memoirs. Memoirs - Battle of Little Big Horn. Chief Red Fox appeared in over 100 movies, many of them were Silent Movies. War on the Plains,. When the Heart Calls,. Daughters of the Tribe,. Toll of the Warpath,. Red Fox and Wild Flower,. Perils of the Plains,.