February 22, 2026

Tall Bull (Hotóa’ôxháa’êstaestse)

Tall Bull was a major Southern Cheyenne Chief, war chief and Dog Soldier leader. He participated in the 1864 65 Arapaho-Cheyenne War, the retaliation that followed the Sand Creek massacre, but gave up the fight after seeing the futility of winning the war.

Sacagawea (c. 1788 – 1812)

Sacagawea was born c. 1788 into the Agaidika ('Salmon Eater', aka Lemhi Shoshone) tribe near present-day Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho. She was sold into a non-consensual marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau, a Quebecois trapper.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore wrote: “I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”

Name ‘Mantooth’ – Thomas Monteith

The story goes that a son of old Henry Monteith, father of James of Anderston had sons who went to America. It would appear that one of them married a Cherokee Indian causing his brothers to disown him.

Oglala Lakota Sioux

Oglala Lakota Sioux was a great warrior against white settlers' subjugation and abuse of power. He has seen and participated in many battles such as the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868 – Fetterman Massacre and Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Julius Caesar and the Conquest of Gaul

Julius Caesar and the conquest of Gaul. Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor, was among the most ambitious men in history. He wanted to conquer an area that no one had ever conquered before, and he did.