Editing Battle of the Little Bighorn (section)

===Native American leaders and warriors===
[[File:Arapaho woman Pretty Nose, 1879, restored.jpg|thumb|[[Pretty Nose]] who, according to her grandson, was a woman war chief who participated in the battle]]
[[File:CheyenneStone.JPG|thumb|Marker stone on the battlefield]]

The Lakota had formed a "Strongheart Society" of caretakers and providers for the camp, consisting of men who had demonstrated compassion, generosity and bravery. As the purpose of the tribes' gathering was to take counsel, they did not constitute an army or warrior class.<ref name="lapointe ">{{Citation|title=Ernie Lapointe Family Oral History of Little Big Horn Battle| date=March 24, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3NIrXW92s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121201529/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3NIrXW92s| archive-date=2017-11-21|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
* '''Hunkpapa (Lakota)''': [[Sitting Bull]], Four Horns, [[Crow King]], [[Gall (Native American leader)|Chief Gall]], [[Black Moon (person)|Black Moon]], [[Rain-in-the-Face]], [[Moving Robe Woman]], Spotted Horn Bull, Iron Hawk, [[One Bull]], Bull Head, Chasing Eagle, [[Little Big Man]]
* '''Sihasapa (Blackfoot Lakota)''': Crawler, [[Kill Eagle]]
* '''Minneconjou (Lakota)''': Chief Hump, [[Black Moon (person)|Black Moon]], [[Red Horse (Lakota chief)|Red Horse]], Makes Room, Looks Up, [[Lame Deer]], Dog-with-Horn, Dog Back Bone, [[White Bull (Native American)|White Bull]], Feather Earring, Flying By
* '''Sans Arc (Lakota)''': Spotted Eagle, Red Bear, Long Road, Cloud Man
* '''Oglala (Lakota)''': [[Crazy Horse]], [[He Dog]], [[Kicking Bear]], [[Flying Hawk]], Chief Long Wolf, [[Black Elk]], White Cow Bull, [[Running Eagle]], Black Fox II, [[Chief Big Road|Big Road]]
* '''Brule (Lakota)''': Two Eagles, [[Hollow Horn Bear]], Brave Bird
* '''Two Kettles (Lakota)''': Runs-the-Enemy
* '''Lower Yanktonai (Dakota)''': Thunder Bear, Medicine Cloud, Iron Bear, Long Tree
* '''Wahpekute (Dakota)''': [[Inkpaduta]], Sounds-the-Ground-as-He-Walks, White Eagle, White Tracking Earth
* '''Black Powder (Sioux Firearms trader)''': Black Powder, Johann Smidt
* '''Northern Cheyenne''': [[Two Moons]], [[Wooden Leg]], Old Bear, [[Lame White Man]] (killed), American Horse, Brave Wolf, Antelope Women, Thunder Bull Big Nose, Yellow Horse, Little Shield, Horse Road, Bob Tail Horse, Yellow Hair, Bear-Walks-on-a-Ridge, Black Hawk, [[Buffalo Calf Road Woman]], Crooked Nose, Noisy Walking
* '''Arapahoes''': Waterman, Sage, Left Hand, Yellow Eagle, Little Bird