Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child?
Steve Wegner
Scottsdale, Arizona
I think you’re referring to Chief Red Fox, an Oglala Lakota, born on June 11, 1870, who would have been six years old at the time of the fight. He claimed to be a nephew of the legendary Crazy Horse and that he traveled the world performing with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show.
He also claimed that he “scalped” King Edward VII while re-enact
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