These Photos Of The Crow Tribe Taken A Century Ago Reveals An All-But-Forgotten World

Signs of Failure

In the start, however, Plenty Coups’ decision to help the invaders appeared to be a huge mistake. In fact, in 1868, the Lakota Sioux tribe would win a decisive victory over the invading military, giving them control over much of the Northern Plains. This put parties of Lakota Sioux in close proximity with the ancestral Crow lands.