Wake Up With Jim, December 31, 2021

2021-12-31

In the Crow language his name was High Bird. The world knew him, and will remember him, as Joe Medicine Crow. His exploits in WWII were legendary. But he was more than a warrior. After the war he became a prolific author and speaker. He won numerous accolades for his work to document firsthand accounts of reservation life. The National Park Service also credited Medicine Crow as the last surviving person to have heard oral accounts of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. He was named tribal historian by the ...

In the Crow language his name was High Bird. The world knew him, and will remember him, as Joe Medicine Crow. His exploits in WWII were legendary.

But he was more than a warrior. After the war he became a prolific author and speaker. He won numerous accolades for his work to document firsthand accounts of reservation life. The National Park Service also credited Medicine Crow as the last surviving person to have heard oral accounts of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. He was named tribal historian by the Crow Tribal Council. And he was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from his alma mater and Rocky Mountain College in Montana.

Joe Medicine Crow lived a life of inspiration, of valor, and of leadership.

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