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Gender Masculine
Usage Sioux
Meaning & History
Means "in the wilderness" or "among the trees" in the Lakota language, referring to someone at one with nature.A noted bearer is War Chief Crazy Horse (c.1840 - 1877), born Cha-o-ha, of the Oglala Lakota. He took up arms against the U.S. Federal government to fight against encroachments on the territories and way of life of the Lakota people, including leading a war party to victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876.