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Rain-in-the-Face ( Lakota: Ité Omáǧažu in Standard Lakota Orthography) (c. 1835 – September 15, 1905) was a warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta.
Apr 26, 2024 · Rain-in-the-Face was a Lakota Sioux warrior and war chief best known as the man who killed Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, Capt. Thomas Custer, or both, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, even though there is no evidence for the claim.
- Joshua J. Mark
Rain-in-the-Face, known also as Ito-na-gaju, was a war chief of the Hunkpapa Sioux within the Lakota nation, and was one of the Sioux’s greatest and most respected war heroes.
Mar 17, 2023 · Rain-in-the-Face was over forty at the time of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, but remained an active warrior. On the day of the battle he was invited to a warrior society's lodge to discuss a raid on the Crows.
Rain in the Face was a Hunkpapa Sioux warrior who fought against the United States and other tribes in the 1860s and 1870s. He was known for his bravery, his name, and his involvement in the Fetterman Massacre and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Rain-in-the-Face was a leader of the Lakota tribe. He was among those who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the US 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn. Born in the Dakota Territory near the forks of the Cheyenne River in about 1835, Rain-in-the-Face was from the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota nation.
Mar 2, 2017 · The Lakota warrior spoke candidly about Tom Custer and other soldiers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, sharing details many people did not want to.
