Crow was a Lakota Sioux chief who gave the opening battle cry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. References Lafarge, Oliver. (MCMLVI). A Pictorial History of the American Indian. Crown Publishers Inc. Page 177. Native American leaders Native American people of the Indian Wars People of the Great Sioux War of 1876 Lakota people Year of birth unknown Year of death missing 19th-century Native Americans