Wings Vortex

CHIEF CRAZY HORSE Compiled by Glenn Welker “A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky. I was hostile to the white man…we preferred hunting to a life of idleness on our reservations. At times we did not get… Read more »

CHIEF JOSEPH Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (1840-1904) Joseph the Elder was one of the first Nez Perc converts to Christianity and an active supporter of the tribe’s longstanding peace with whites. In 1855 he even helped Washington’s territorial governor set up a Nez Perc reservation that stretched from Oregon into Idaho. But in 1863, following a gold rush… Read more »

Only to the white man was nature a wilderness and only to him was the land ‘infested’ with ‘wild’ animals and ‘savage’ people. To us it was tame, Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. Black Elk, Oglala Lakota Sioux (1863-1950)

CHIEF GERONIMO Angie Debo, Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place (1976). 1829-1909, Apache Indian chief. When Geronimo died, he had been a legend for more than a generation. But his courage and determination did more than provide a battle cry for paratroopers of another day. It helped sustain the spirits of his people, the… Read more »