Touch the Clouds

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Touch the Clouds was a prominent Minneconjou Lakota chief and warrior known for his exceptional height, leadership, and role during the tumultuous period of the Great Sioux Wars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Touch the Clouds canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lakota chief ⓘ
Native American leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahpiya Icahtagya ⓘ
becameChiefOf Minneconjou Lakota ⓘ
linked to: Miniconjou Lakota
birthDate circa 1848 ⓘ
birthPlace near the Black Hills ⓘ
present-day South Dakota ⓘ
burialPlace Cheyenne River Reservation ⓘ
culturalContext Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
deathDate September 5, 1905 ⓘ
deathPlace Cheyenne River Reservation ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
ethnicity Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Minneconjou Lakota ⓘ
linked to: Miniconjou Lakota
father Lone Horn ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
height approximately 6 feet 5 inches ⓘ
knownFor calm demeanor ⓘ
loyalty to his people ⓘ
physical strength ⓘ
language Lakota ⓘ
linked to: Lakota language
leadershipStyle diplomatic ⓘ
peace-oriented ⓘ
memberOf Lakota ⓘ
Minneconjou band ⓘ
notableFor exceptional height ⓘ
leadership during the Great Sioux Wars ⓘ
warrior skills ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Little Bighorn campaign ⓘ
Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Great Sioux Wars ⓘ
relative Crazy Horse ⓘ
Spotted Elk ⓘ
role chief ⓘ
headman ⓘ
warrior ⓘ
servedAs Indian scout for the U.S. Army ⓘ
servedAt Cheyenne River Agency ⓘ
Spotted Tail Agency ⓘ
surrenderedAt Spotted Tail Agency ⓘ
surrenderedTo United States Army ⓘ
surrenderedYear 1877 ⓘ
treatySignatory agreements with the United States government ⓘ
tribalAffiliation Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spotted Elk → sibling → Touch the Clouds ⓘ
Miniconjou → notableLeader → Touch the Clouds ⓘ
Minneconjou → notableLeader → Touch the Clouds ⓘ
Mnikowoju → hasNotableLeader → Touch the Clouds ⓘ