Which Lakota Sioux leader is associated with the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Which Lakota Sioux leader is associated with the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• A. Sitting Bull
• B. Crazy Horse
• C. Geronimo
• D. Black Elk

Answer: (B)

Crazy Horse is the Lakota leader most directly tied to the fighting at the Battle of Little Bighorn. He earned his reputation as a skilled war leader who helped plan and direct the assault that overwhelmed Custer’s forces. Sitting Bull played a crucial leadership and unifying role for the Lakota and their allies, but the battlefield tactics and the charge that won the battle were led by Crazy Horse. Geronimo was an Apache leader from a different nation, not Lakota, and Black Elk was a spiritual leader who documented the events rather than commanding the battle.

Crazy Horse is the Lakota leader most directly tied to the fighting at the Battle of Little Bighorn. He earned his reputation as a skilled war leader who helped plan and direct the assault that overwhelmed Custer’s forces. Sitting Bull played a crucial leadership and unifying role for the Lakota and their allies, but the battlefield tactics and the charge that won the battle were led by Crazy Horse. Geronimo was an Apache leader from a different nation, not Lakota, and Black Elk was a spiritual leader who documented the events rather than commanding the battle.