CHIEFS
Crazy Horse * Sitting Bull * Black Kettle * Red Cloud * Little Wolf * Gall * Kicking Bird * Geronimo * Roman Nose * Roman Nose painting * Rain in the Face Satanta * Dull Knife * Victorio ** Buffalo Hump *   HOME	Oglalla Sioux Uncpapa Sioux Cheyenne Oglalla Sioux Cheyenne Uncpapa Sioux Kiowa Apache Cheyenne Uncpapa Sioux Kiowa Cheyenne Apache Comanche	The position of chief in plains indian bands and tribes was a very complex one. In its simplest form a group of individuals ,often members of the same family would follow one man who they respected. Although chiefs were usually successful warriors , honesty and the ability to settle disputes between followers were the most important aspects of the leadership. If a chief was not satisfactory he lost his authority and people would not follow him. They would drift away and join other bands of the same tribe. Thus chiefs tended to be older men who were respected for the council and experience they could afford the band.