Remembering Si Thanka (Chief Big Foot). Most people have only seen the tragic photo of Si Thanka’s contorted, frozen, body, lying in the snow, on the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre... Here’s a much more flattering portrait of the great Chief. A man who climbed to the pinnacle of accomplishment despite a withered left hand!
Birthdate/Place: 1825 – Northwestern South Dakota
Deathdate/Place: December 29, 1890 – Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
S; T;;;ka, “Chief Big Foot”, was a man of peace, and best known among his people for his political and diplomatic successes. He was skilled at settling quarrels between rival parties, and was often in great demand among other Teton Bands. We could use him in Congress today!