Medicine Crow to receive presidential honor
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Joe
Medicine Crow, a member of the
Crow Tribe of Montana,will receive the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom at a
White House ceremony on Wednesday.
Medicine Crow, 96, is a historian and author. He is known for his work on the
Battle of Little Big Horn, the 1876 battle in which his grandfather served as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer.
A veteran of World War II, Medicine Crow obtained the honor of becoming a war chief of the Crow Tribe. He completed four tasks while fighting in Europe.
Medicine Crow met then-Sen. Barack Obama during a campaign stop on the Crow Reservation in May 2008.
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