Chief Crazy Horse/Tasunke Witco of the Oglala Lakota tribe was killed September 5, 1877 at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. 

“Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of Seven Generations when all the… Search results for “Chief Crazy Horse” | Official Site of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Nation

 

Issued in January 15, 1982 by the USPS
Arrtist: Brad Holland
Engravers: John S. Wallace (vignette) and Thomas J. Bakos

Crazy Horse was a leader in the Sioux war of 1875-1877, when various Sioux bands refused to settle on reservations. He is considered one of history’s ablest military tacticians and is probably best known for defeating General George A. Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn with the aid of Sitting Bull and other Sioux on June 25, 1876.
13c Crazy Horse single | National Postal Museum