Talk:Little Crow

Suggestions
More should be said about the treaties Little Crow signed and also his role in expansionism and imperialism. --Daffy100 22:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sound like a great addition. Where would I find info ? If you have info, please be bold and add it! rewinn 00:14, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced additions
A number of colorful but unsourced additions have been made to the events around Taoyateduta's death. If there is no source for them, they should be removed in the interested of encyclopediacity. rewinn 21:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

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PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 02:24, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Little Crow is the primary historical name for this person; a quick google search lists about ten times as many results for little crow "sioux" as for taoyateduta; virtually all the references to this person in the article (except the lead) and virtually all historical works about him call him little crow (including the minnesota dept of transportation naming the 'little crow trail'); there is precedent for using translated names for first peoples if they are commonly known by their translated name; there is already a disamb page at little crow, but it awkwardly lists the bird and then little crow as an alt name for taoyateduta poroubalous (talk) 22:37, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Erudy (talk) 16:00, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree evidence supports move to Little Crow. Might we go so far as to move it to Little Crow, rather than Little Crow (Dakota chief)?  Google results and wikipedia internal links both favor the man over the bird.  The current Little Crow could be re-named Little Crow (disambiguation) or simply eliminated in favor of a one line referal at the top of each page, ie This article is about the Native American chief.  For the bird, see Little Crow (bird), and visa versa.
 * "little crow" indian = 34,500
 * "little crow" bird = 19,100


 * I agree -- moving this just to Little Crow and then adding the referral at the top to the bird would be best (there once was disamb page but that just seems unnecessary in light of a simple referral) poroubalous (talk) 18:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Support either move option per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:UE. —  AjaxSmack   06:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
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Depiction in Fiction?
I removed a link to a non-famous historical novel because it didn't seem encyclopediac. If Little Crow is a significant character in fiction, perhaps a separate "depictions in fiction" section might be appropriate but if so, it should contain more than just the one link. Personally, I don't think it's a great idea but if it's well done, I have nothing against it. rewinn (talk) 06:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

descendents
Greetings,

I've been working on a page for Kevin Locke, a descendent of Little Crow. Should the two pages be linked somehow?--I&#39;m Nonpartisan (talk) 04:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Image problem
The image ChiefLittleCrow.jpg is missing source and publication information. Does anybody have this info? Otherwise unfortunately this image has to be removed.

Thanks.

--Mcorazao (talk) 05:05, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

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Little Crow dynasty
This article seems to be about Little Crow V. The picture is of Little Crow IV according to Donald Ricky. I will try to straighten this out but am rather confused and could use your help. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:54, 10 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Ricky's book has this photo on page 1320 that is not in its Google Books preview. I briefly saw it and am able to swear that the caption said Little Crow IV. Now I can't view that page again. The biography is also at odds with some others I've read. The narrative is in agreement, however, Ricky calls Little Crow V "reckless" and "irresponsible" while growing up, and he all but blames him for the Dakota War because his temperament evidently led to the raid that killed five settlers and resulted in the war. Can anyone here verify any of Ricky's version? I would conclude that the caption is a mistake, but the biographical notes need to be included here if they are true. Please ping me if you try to respond. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:17, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * As luck would have it, the photo was open in a browser tab! Here's a screen shot. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:53, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * To clarify: Latest Gary Clayton Anderson book, Massacre in Minnesota (2019) refers to Taoyateduta as "Little Crow III" (see Index, p. 357), apparently having changed his mind since writing Little Crow: Spokesman of the Sioux (1986) where he refers to Taoyateduta's father Big Thunder as "Little Crow IV". (p. 15) In the 1986 book, Anderson states that "there were at least four men identified in early records as 'Petit Corbeau,' or Little Crow, before [Taoyateduta]" -- hence the original numbering -- but IMO it makes sense that he has dropped "V" in favor of "III" since most English language historical accounts today are mainly trying to distinguish between Cetanwakanmani, Wakinyantanka and Taoyateduta, and little scholarship exists on the other men (who may or may not have been their direct ancestors). Anyway it's not the same as regnal numbering for British monarchs; it's a construct. This isn't a numbering system they were using themselves. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:58, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2020
First line of the "Early Life" section reads: '''Little Crow was born at the Dakota settlement of Kaposia. Modern-day South St. Paul, Minnesota developed near here. ''' Change Info: When Little Crow was born Kaposia was on the east side of the river, it did not move to the west side (what is now South St. Paul) until 1837, when Little Crow was about 27 years old. See https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/kapoindi.htm

Change to something like this: Little Crow was born at the Dakota settlement of Kaposia, which at that time was located on the east bank of the Mississippi River (or "HA-HA WA-KPA", River of the Falls to the Dakota), just below what is now Indian Mounds Park on the East Side of St. Paul. In 1837 the village was moved to the west bank of the river -- what is now South St. Paul, MN.

Thanks. Patty 65.128.51.107 (talk) 17:59, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: The full text requested is both unwieldy and unnecessary. Using present-day geographical referents is merely an aid to the reader to help them understand the prior location of the historical settlement. It is not to give the historical settlement's full history.  There already exists a Kaposia article for that purpose which is linked from this article. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 21:46, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Taoyateduta was just an observer at Traverse des Sioux
In June 1951, Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey and treaty commissioner Luke Lea invited Little Crow to travel with them to the treaty grounds at Traverse des Sioux where they were meeting the Sissetons and Wahpetons, and artist Frank Blackwell Mayer drew his famous portrait of Taoyateduta there. But in Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux (1986), historian Gary Clayton Anderson clearly states, "Little Crow's role in the Traverse des Sioux negotiations was limited to that of an observer." (p. 60) Little Crow, did, however, play a more active role when the treaty commissioners came to negotiate the Treaty of Mendota with the Mdewakantons and Wahpekutes in July/August 1951. (So the way this is explained in the "Treaty Negotations" section is correct; it's just misrepresented in the intro/summary, which is why it will be deleted shortly.) Cielquiparle (talk) 07:26, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Taoyateduta did not have meetings with President James Buchanan
According to Gary Clayton Anderson, in 1858, the Mdewakanton-Wahpekute treaty delegation went to Washington, DC and had a series of meetings with acting treaty commissioner Charles Mix, who was speaking on behalf of the "Great Father" (President James Buchanan), not with the President himself. However, Little Crow most likely did attend a gala dinner or ball that was attended by President Buchanan on April 8, 1858 (says Anderson in a footnote). (Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux (1986), p. 215) Interestingly, Little Crow did manage to "gain access" to President Franklin Pierce when he visited Washington, DC in April 1854. Cielquiparle (talk) 20:27, 6 June 2021 (UTC)