Wakinyan Luta Lakota (1827)

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"...The Thunder-being told Red Thunder: 'With this weapon the tribe shall expand and be mighty. So you go back to your people and teach them to make bows. Hereafter you can shoot buffalo.' "Lakota Legend ^[1]

Biography

Walutawakinyan, son of Chief Mato Ite (1800-1870) and Sota Winyan, was born in 1827, in the territory of South Dakota.^[2]

Red Thunder, and his five brothers, Hemaza "Iron Horn," Mato Ite "Bear Face", Itonagaju "Rain in the Face," Pakakoga "Shave Head," Mato Cigala "Little Bear," lived and fought during this time. They won victories at the Battles of the Rosebud and Little Big Horn (known to Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass). Red Thunder traveled with Kill Eagle to the Little Big Horn.^[3] Alas, their defeat was inevitable and the proud people of the Black Hills were confined to smaller and smaller reservations. Wakinyan Luta and his brothers were located at the Standing Rock Reservation.

Wakinyan Luta "Scarlet Thunder" was on a "List of Indian Prisoners, September 1876"^[3]

Family 29^[3]

Wakinyan Luta. "Red Thunder" husband, age 48

Wanbli Sun. "Eagle Feather" wife, age 43

Winyan Waste la. "Pretty Woman," daughter, age 15

Wanbli Ape win. "Shooting Eagle," daughter, age 8

unidentified girl, daughter?

"According to Kill Eagle, Scarlet Thunder was a Hunkpapa from Iron Horn’s band. Assuming this is the correct family, he had two sons that were not reported in the Dec. 1876 census – One Who Kills An Enemy (age 18) and Black Bird (age 11) – who may have remained in the northern village. Red Thunder was a brother of the Hunkpapa headman Bear Face to whose band he transferred in 1877."^[3]

Standing Rock Agency Rations Issue to Heads of Families by Bands 1885

He Maza "Iron Horn" 4 people in household

Mato Ite "Chief Bear's Face" 5 people in household

Mato Ciqana "Little Bear" 5 people in household

Wakiyan Luta "Red Thunder" 5 people in household

Ite Omagaju "Rain In the Face" 1 person in household

Wakiyan Luta "Red Thunder, jr" 5 people in household

Read about the Great Race which created the red track around the Black Hills, pictured in the NASA photo used as a background.

Sources

1. ↑ Chapter 13. THE BLACK HILLS AS SACRED GROUND: THE CHRONOLOGY AND CONTROVERSY pdf Download at nps.gov
2. ↑ Standing Rock Tourism - Chief Bear Face Chief Mato Ite (Bear Face)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Families with Kills Eagles pdf download

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• Space:Native Americans: Lakota