"Hokahey! Today is a good day to die."
— Crazy Horse
January 1, 1970
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Murdered people
Native American military leaders
Oglala Lakota
People from South Dakota
Original Language: English
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The phrase is frequently attributed to the Crazy Horse, for example in "Setting the Record Straight About Native Languages: A Good Day To Die", and though this is inaccurate as the earliest published reference, in the edition on August 14, 1881 of the ', attributes it to the Oglala Lakota chief (c. 1846 – 1894). The phrase appeared in an interview with Low Dog which was in a newspaper despatch sent from Fort Yates, North Dakota, USA, on 30 July 1881 and published in the ' two weeks later: see |t
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The phrase is frequently attributed to the Crazy Horse, for example in "Setting the Record Straight About Native Languages: A Good Day To Die", and though this is inaccurate as the earliest published reference, in the edition on August 14, 1881 of the ', attributes it to the Oglala Lakota chief (c. 1846 – 1894). The phrase appeared in an interview with Low Dog which was in a newspaper despatch sent from Fort Yates, North Dakota, USA, on 30 July 1881 and published in the ' two weeks later: see |t