Minnie Hollow Wood (1930s) was a
Lakota
Lakota may refer to:
*Lakota people, a confederation of seven related Native American tribes
*Lakota language, the language of the Lakota peoples
Place names
In the United States:
*Lakota, Iowa
*Lakota, North Dakota, seat of Nelson County
*Lakota ...
woman who earned the right to wear a
war bonnet
A modern-day dog soldier wearing a feathered headdress during a pow wow at the Indian Summer festival in Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2008.
War bonnets (also called warbonnets or headdresses) are featherwork, feathered headge ...
because of her valor in combat against the U.S. Cavalry at the
Battle of Little Big Horn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Nor ...
. At one time, she was the only woman in her tribe entitled to wear a war bonnet.
Biography
Her husband, Hollow Wood, was a
Cheyenne
The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enroll ...
who also fought at the Little Big Horn.
Both Hollow Woods surrendered to Colonel
Nelson A. Miles
Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War.
From 1895 to 1903, Miles served as the last Commanding Gen ...
at
Fort Keogh
Fort Keogh is a former United States Army post located at the western edge of modern Miles City, Montana, Miles City, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated on the south bank of the Yellowstone River, at the mouth of the Tongue River (Montan ...
in
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
in 1877.
Minnie Hollow Wood lived on the Cheyenne reservation in Montana and became an informant of author and ethnologist
Thomas Bailey Marquis
Thomas Bailey Marquis (December 19, 1869 – March 22, 1935) was an American self-taught historian and ethnographer who wrote about the Plains Indians and other subjects of the American frontier. He had a special interest in the destruction of ...
. Marquis suggested that she was a "favorite" of Miles while she was a prisoner at Fort Keogh.
Representation in popular culture
Minnie Hollow Wood was the subject of an animated short by Yvonne Russo. ''Minnie's War Bonnet'' premiered at the
Red Nation International Film Festival
The Red Nation Film Festival is a film festival focused on films about indigenous people. The festival was founded in 1995 and is curated by Joanelle Romero.
History
The Red Nation Film Festival was founded in 1995 by Joanelle Romero, also ...
in 2019.
See also
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Buffalo Calf Road Woman
Buffalo Calf Road Woman, or Brave Woman, (c. 1844 – 1879) was a Northern Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded warrior brother, Chief Comes in Sight, in the Battle of the Rosebud (as it was named by the United States) in 1876. Her rescue helped ...
*
Moving Robe Woman
*
One Who Walks With the Stars
*
Pretty Nose
Pretty Nose (b. 1851) was an Arapaho woman who participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. She lived to be at least 101 years old and reportedly became a war chief.
Biography
Pretty Nose was Arapaho, though in some sources she is referr ...
References
External links
Minnie's War Bonnet– animated short
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1850s births
1930s deaths
Native American women in warfare
Lakota people
People of the Great Sioux War of 1876
Women in 19th-century warfare
19th-century Native American women
20th-century Native American women
20th-century Native Americans
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