Marcellus Red Tomahawk
At a glance:
- Series: Magill's Choice: American Indian Biographies, Revised Edition
- Categories: Crime
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
Article abstract: A Sihasapa Lakota warrior whose profile was later used in the design of the North Dakota state highway symbol, Marcellus Red Tomahawk is best known as the Indian policeman who killed Sitting Bull{$ISitting Bull;murder of}.
Marcellus Red Tomahawk served as a sergeant on the Indian Police Service detailed to arrest Sitting Bull at the Ghost Dance outbreak in late 1890. Earlier that year, the U.S. government had banned the Ghost Dance on Sioux reservations. Meanwhile, the Northern Paiute prophet Wovoka in Nevada had a vision that fallen warriors...
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