John Woodenlegs (12 November 1909 – December 1981) was a Native American writer, educator, and the tribal president of the Northern Cheyenne from 1955 to 1968. In 1975, he founded Chief Dull Knife College, a community college located in Lame Deer, Montana. Woodenlegs was the grandson of Wooden Leg, who fought against General George A. Custer’s troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. During his life, Woodenlegs also worked as a cowboy, road worker, coal miner and rancher. He was also the first American Indian to receive an honorary degree from the University of Montana.
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| - John Woodenlegs Sr (Montana, 1910-1981) fou un activista xeiene. Treballà de minaire, ranxer, cowboy i de manobre. Del 1955 al 1968 fou cap de la tribu Northern Cheyenne i el primer indi graduat a la Universitat de Montana. Del 1946 al 1975 fou cap de la branca xeiene de la Native American Church, i fou amic d'Archie Fire Lame Deer. Donà classes d'història i costums xeienes fins a la seva mort al Chief Dull Knife College. (ca)
- John Woodenlegs (12 November 1909 – December 1981) was a Native American writer, educator, and the tribal president of the Northern Cheyenne from 1955 to 1968. In 1975, he founded Chief Dull Knife College, a community college located in Lame Deer, Montana. Woodenlegs was the grandson of Wooden Leg, who fought against General George A. Custer’s troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. During his life, Woodenlegs also worked as a cowboy, road worker, coal miner and rancher. He was also the first American Indian to receive an honorary degree from the University of Montana. (en)
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| - John Woodenlegs Sr (Montana, 1910-1981) fou un activista xeiene. Treballà de minaire, ranxer, cowboy i de manobre. Del 1955 al 1968 fou cap de la tribu Northern Cheyenne i el primer indi graduat a la Universitat de Montana. Del 1946 al 1975 fou cap de la branca xeiene de la Native American Church, i fou amic d'Archie Fire Lame Deer. Donà classes d'història i costums xeienes fins a la seva mort al Chief Dull Knife College. (ca)
- John Woodenlegs (12 November 1909 – December 1981) was a Native American writer, educator, and the tribal president of the Northern Cheyenne from 1955 to 1968. In 1975, he founded Chief Dull Knife College, a community college located in Lame Deer, Montana. Woodenlegs was the grandson of Wooden Leg, who fought against General George A. Custer’s troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. During his life, Woodenlegs also worked as a cowboy, road worker, coal miner and rancher. He was also the first American Indian to receive an honorary degree from the University of Montana. Whitney Smith, a U.S. vexillologist, credited Woodenlegs with having designed the flag of the Northern Cheyenne, which was approved for display in 1964. In 1967, Woodenlegs was the sole American Indian member of the National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty convened by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He died in Billings, Montana a month past his 72nd birthday. (en)
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