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COMMANDER // 1797–1881

Inkpaduta

war chief5 battles1 war

Lifespan

1797 – 1881

1800182518501875Sioux Wars · 1854-1891Battle of Big Mound — July 24, 1863 · Santee Sioux · Sioux WarsBattle of Dead Buffalo Lake — July 26, 1863 · Teton and Santee Sioux · Sioux WarsBattle of Stony Lake — July 28, 1863 · Santee Sioux · Sioux WarsBattle of Whitestone Hill — September 3, 1863 · Hunkpapa · Sioux WarsBattle of Killdeer Mountain — July 28, 1864 · Lakota · Sioux Wars

Active service 1863–1864 — 5 battles across 1 war; first command at age 66.

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Inkpaduta was a war chief of the Wahpekute band of the Dakota during the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre and later Western Sioux actions against the United States Army in the Dakota Territory, Wyoming and Montana.

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Battles (5)

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