Joe Medicine Crow

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Joe Medicine Crow


Born
in (near) Lodge Grass, Montana
October 27, 1913

Died
April 03, 2016

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Joseph Medicine Crow-High Bird was a Crow historian, author and an enrolled member of the Crow Nation of Native Americans. He was the last war chief of the Crow Tribe. His best known writings on Native American history concern the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He earned both a bachelor’s degree and master degree before 1939. He receive three honorary doctorates. Medicine Crow received the United States' highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009.

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“I was never a smart man to begin with, but I love to learn. This is the way to get somewhere in life.”
Joe Medicine Crow

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Into the Forest: First Nation/Native American 12 44 Jul 25, 2013 10:20AM