Rain-in-the-Face
Rain-in-the-Face | |
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| Ité Omáǧažu | |
Rain-in-the-Face in 1874 | |
| Lakota leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1835 |
| Died | September 15, 1905 (aged 69–70) Bullhead Station, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (North and South Dakota) |
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Rain-in-the-Face (Lakota: Ité Omáǧažu in Standard Lakota Orthography) (c. 1835 – September 15, 1905) was a warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. In 1876, he participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn that defeated the 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer.