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Change name[edit]

I'd think that the name that should be used is the name that he used (following the same principle that Cassius Clay should be under Muhammad Ali). Unless there is an objection, I'll put Spotted Tail as a redirct to Sinte Gleska.

Smallbones (talk) 17:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the rule seems to be that the most commonly used name should be used - Smallbones (talk) 18:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photo caption[edit]

I checked out the Library of Congress captioning and it is, as was summarized here: "TITLE: Group of Sioux Indians "Spotted Tail" (photo c. 1875) Standing: Joe Merrivale; Young Spotted Tail; Antoine Janis; Seated: Touch-the-Clouds; Little Big Man; Black Cool; last two are rapoves[?] indentified by George E. Hyde 4229 Dangler[?] St. Omaha, Neb. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH832- 523 <P&P>[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpbh-04312 (digital file from original neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1865 and 1880] NOTES: Title from unverified information on negative sleeve."

The only problem is that it doesn't make a lot of sense - "Black Cool; last two are rapoves[?]" and one name seems to be missing. I'll put a new caption with Spotted Tail, standing 2nd from left.

I hope this makes sense! Smallbones (talk) 18:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

changed pix - no confusion on this one

Comment moved from main article[edit]

The article mis-states the meaning of Spotted Tail's daughter's name. Here is a short quote from Eugene Ware, "It is the object of this brief article to tell the true story of an Indian girl, and what happened to her. But in order that a comprehension may be had, by the reader, of the girl and her situation, it is necessary to go into some detail as to Sioux Indian life and history. It is also necessary to give some details of the Sioux nation as to its customs and geographical location, past and present; for without these facts the life and character of the Indian girl referred to cannot be understood. Her name was Ah-ho-ap'pa, the Sioux name for wheaten flour. It was the whitest thing they knew. She had other names, as Indian women often have, but when the writer first saw her she was called Ah-ho-ap'pa. How she got the name is forgotten." -72.175.78.98

Need Disambiguation of Chief Spotted Tail[edit]

I live in Collin County, Texas. One of the most significant Indians in our recent history is named Chief Spotted Tail. He was a Kiowa Indian, who settled near the middle of Collin County in the late 19th Century. Other Indian tribes greatly respected him, and his presence warded off even the most vicious of tribes from attacking the White settlers. During a smallpox epidemic, he volunteered to dig graves of dead settlers. He contracted the disease and died of it in 1873. He requested and received a Christian burial. Pooua (talk) 17:48, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oglala-Dakota[edit]

The inscription in the picture says: Oglala-Dakota, the Article says: Brulé-Lakota - so what? -- Hartmann Schedel ^cheers 16:56, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Kludgy dictionary citation[edit]

Hello,

I just made a kludgy dictionary citation for the modern spelling of the two parts of Spotted Tail's other name, T'at'aŋka Napsíca ("Jumping Buffalo"). I used the Google Books citation tool (https://reftag.appspot.com/). To reference two entries, i.e., to get "jump", "buffalo", I had to set the value of the chapter field to jump", "buffalo (sic!). This is a kludge. If anyone has a better way of citing a dictionary on Google Books, please do, or give me a hint. Thank you! 999999 (talk) 07:57, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]