Hollow Horn Bear (ca. 18501913) was a Brulé

Brulé

The Brulé are one of the seven branches or bands of the Teton Lakota Sioux American Indian nation. They are known as Sičháŋǧu Oyáte , or "Burnt Thighs Nation," and so, were called Brulé by the French...

 Sioux

Sioux

The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...

 leader during the Indian Wars

Indian Wars

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 on the Great Plains

Great Plains

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 of the United States

United States

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Hollow Horn Bear was born in what today is Sheridan County

Sheridan County, Nebraska

-History:Sheridan County was formed in 1885. It was named after General Philip H. Sheridan.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,198 people, 2,549 households, and 1,728 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 3,013 housing...

, Nebraska

Nebraska

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. He was the son of chief Iron Shell

Iron Shell

Iron Shell was a Brulé Sioux chief. He initially became prominent after an 1843 raid on the Pawnee, and became sub-chief of the Brulé under Little Thunder. He became chief of the Brulé Orphan Band during the Powder River War of 1866-1868. He signed the Treaty of 1868, and lived the remainder of...

. Although he initially raided the Pawnee, he later was involved in harassing forts along the Bozeman Trail

Bozeman Trail

The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the gold rush territory of Montana to the Oregon Trail. Its most important period was from 1863-1868. The flow of pioneers and settlers through territory of American Indians provoked their resentment and caused attacks. The U.S. Army undertook...

 with other Sioux leaders between 1866 and 1868. During this period, he became famous as the chief who defeated Capt. William Fetterman. However, he began to favor peace with the whites during the 1870s. He became a celebrity in the East, and was present at several functions as a native representative. He was featured on a 14-cent postage stamp

Postage stamp

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 and on a five dollar bill.

He was appointed the head of Indian police at the South Dakota

South Dakota

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 Rosebud Agency, and arrested Crow Dog

Crow Dog

Crow Dog was a Brulé Lakota subchief, born at Horse Stealing Creek, Montana Territory, he was the nephew of former principal chief Conquering Bear who was killed in 1854 in an incident which would be known as the Grattan massacre. Crow Dog was one of the leaders who helped popularize the Ghost...

 for the murder of Spotted Tail

Spotted Tail

Siŋté Glešká was a Brulé Lakota tribal chief. Although a great warrior in his youth, and having taken part in the Grattan massacre, he declined to participate in Red Cloud's War, having become convinced of the pointlessness of opposing the white incursions into his homeland; he became a...

. He was also involved in treaty negotiations. In 1905, Hollow Horn Bear was invited to take part in the presidential inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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, and in 1913, he led a group of Indians to the inauguration parade of President Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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. He caught pneumonia

Pneumonia

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during the visit and died.