Real-life, modern Indian war chief Joseph Medicine Crow

Joe Medicine Crow died on April 3 at the age of 102.
Continuing the ongoing effort at LuminosityItalia to bridge languages and cultures, editor Mariella Radaelli has another feature on American life in Treccani, Italy’s most prestigious history and culture publisher.

In this piece, Mariella tells the story of Joseph Medicine Crow, the last Crow Indian war chief, who died on April 3 this year at the age of 102.

With a direct oral history stretching back to the Battle of Little Big Horn through his step-grandfather White Man Runs Him — who served as a scout with Gen. George Armstrong Custer — Joe was a noted historian on the period.

He qualified as a war chief through his actions as a U.S. soldier in Germany during WWII.

Story here (Italian)

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