Plenty Coups (1848-1932) was both a political and religious leader for the Crow nation. Contrary to the politics practiced by the neighboring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes which opposed white settlement. Plenty Coup encouraged alliances with European settlers and education for the Crow.
Secondary Sources
Gildart, Bert, “A Place of Peace,” Montana Outdoors, March-April 2004,
Hoxie, Frederick, Parading through History: The Making of the Crow Nation in America, 1805-1935. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995
Bauch, Jerry, Children of the Large Beaked Bird: History and Culture of the Crow Nation, self published, 2002
Old Coyote, Lloyd and Helene Smith, Apsaalooka: The Crow Nation Then and Now, MacDonal/Sward Publishing Company, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1993.
Primary Sources at the Montana Historical Society
Linderman, Frank B. ed., Plenty Coups: Chief of the Crows, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002.
Primary and Secondary Sources on the Internet
Plenty Coups State Monument: http://fwp.mt.gov/parks/visit/parkSiteDetail.html?id=283264
Plenty Coups Biography, “Your Dictionary:” http://www.yourdictionary.com/biography/plenty-coups
Vertical Files at the Montana Historical Society
Plenty Coups 1 and 2
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