Eagle Butte in Dewey County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Cheyenne River Sioux WWI Memorial
May 4, 2024
1. Cheyenne River Sioux WWI Memorial Marker
This memorial is erected by authority of the Congress of the United States of America Act of April 29, 1930.
In honor of deceased chiefs of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians and the valiant men of that tribe who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the United States in the World War 1917 1918
Chiefs
Long Mandan · One Horn · White Swan · Little Bear · Black Shield · Black Moon · White Bull · Crow Feather · Spotted Eagle · Brown Thunder
Council Bear · Flying By · Black Eagle · Swift Bird · Four Bear · Black Spotted Horse · No Heart · Charger · Rattling Rib · Red Tomahawk
World War Service
Joseph Dupree · Henry Running Rattle
Moses Clown · David Larrabee
Isaac His Horse Is Fast
Erected 1932.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, World I.
Location. 45° 0.459′ N, 101° 13.689′ W. Memorial is in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, in Dewey County. It is on South Dakota Highway 63 (U.S. 212) west of Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling east. Located by the C.R.S.T. Lakota Cultural Center. Touch for map. Memorial
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Regionally, this memorial is on the Cheyenne River Reservation and in West River. It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within walking distance of this marker: Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad (approx. 0.9 miles away).
May 4, 2024
2. Cheyenne River Sioux WWI Memorial
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