Horse's Ghost | |
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 Horse's Ghost at the fair, Poplar, Montana | |
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| Known for | Trip to Washington to argue for Native American rights with Major Charles B. Lohmiller |
Horse's Ghost was a Sioux Chief in Montana at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation who advocated for Native American rights with members of President Taft's administration. [1]
In 1911 he went to Washington with Major Charles B. Lohmiller to advocate for Native American rights with members of President Taft's administration. [1] [2] [3]
In 1913 he took part in the National Reliability Tour sponsored by the American Automobile Association. [4]
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With Lohmiller, from left to right: Chief Iron Whip, Chief Spotted Eagle, Chief Horses Ghost, Chief Grow Twice Kill Twice. ...
Traveling to Washington D.C., Spotted Eagle, Iron Whip, Horse's Ghost, Grow Twice, and Kill prepare to meet with members of the Taft administration, November 1911 ...
Horses Ghost was another one of the Sioux leaders who accompanied Major ...
For the first time in the history of automobile contests, full blooded American Indians will compete in the 1913 national reliability tour of the American Automobile Association, according to the announcement of the committee. Long Time Sleep, a Blackfoot Indian of the Glacier national park reservation, is the first to make entry, and it is stated that Chief Horse’s Ghost of the Fort Peck reservation in eastern Montana, also is to drive a car in this event.
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