Fast Thunder

Fast Thunder, c. 1840 - March 4, was an Oglala leader, warrior and medicine man. He went on his first war party against the Crow at age nineteen and participated in battles against U.S. troops in the Powder River region, including the Fetterman Fight and Wagon Box fight. In the span between 1875 and 1891 he was selected four times to travel to Washington, D.C. to advocate for his people and discuss the Black Hills issue, the Crook land negotiations, and finally, the conditions on the reservation. Fast Thunder became a tribal judge in 1904.  1914