“[Crazy Horse was] the bravest man I ever saw. He rode closest to the soldiers, yelling to his warriors. All the soldiers were shooting at him, but he was never hit."
~ Waterman, an Arapaho Warrior

Crazy Horse is one of the best known Native Americans in history. He was a highly accomplished War Chief as part of the Oglala Lakota and was there during the War for the Black Hills in 1876. He was even one of the Leaders for the Lakota against Custer in the Battle of Little BigHorn. But he was always known as Crazy Horse. As a child he went by “Curly” or “Light Hair.” He had to earn his name through a rite of passage. This is that story. The story of how the Great Lakota War Chief became Crazy Horse.

References:

Black Elk Speaks by John Gneisenau Neihardt (Book)

Crazy Horse https://www.history.com/topics/native....

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Live of Two American Warriors by Stephan E. Ambrose (Book)

Crazy Horse's Story of the Battle
https://www.astonisher.com/archives/m...

The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III (Book)