I understand he was scouting behind enemy lines and came across several horses used, for riding, by SS officers. He rode them back to his lines under the noses of SS who were quartered in the farmhouse. Where are the statues, books and films celebrating this great man?

@@iangarrett741 I'm sure I've seen a movie about native Americans in ww2

@@iangarrett741 Fr I can picture this in Inglorious Bastards for some reason

@@iangarrett741 probably to much racism to glorify that man's great actions...but we can make multiple versions of batman

He also was a tribal historian who had college degrees. I believe he had a Ph.D.

That’s incredible! Shoot me an email at storyoutwest@gmail.com, I’d love to hear the story

This comment shows how important a count coupe was to the tribe by the fact that you were told by your elders that 3 generations ago your ancestor was the last to get one. Great comment 👍

When I became aware of 'counting coup I thought that would have to be a very brave and fearless man

Your grandpa was joe crow? And do you mean of the crow nation? Because he is the last man to have been confirmed to take an enemy’s horse in battle

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Medicine_Crow#World_War_II

I don’t know how romantic and brave it would’ve looked to soldiers of the time. That might just be our modern perspective, history has a way of seeming better than it was

I'm a Dakota person, I descend from the Dakota sub bands who had warrior societies. I can say that it was done to intimidate the opposing force, one warrior counting coup could save the day. So really counting coup was my people and other tribes way of doing psychological operations. And one warrior from either side could win the day without even firing a shot. It's sends a message, look at how brave we are!! As for how the opposing side felt well you would need to ask them. The one man you mentioned wrote about how he couldn't believe a warrior could do such a thing. Well that one warrior was most likely trying to psyche them out so no one fought that day, or it's done to gain prestige and influence.

Please send me the first hand written account about your story. I call BS, I’ve read Wt hamiltons book about fighting Indians, I’ve read Warren angus Ferris book about wandering the Rocky Mountains, I’ve read Billy dixons book about Indian fighting in the mid west in the early 1800s. I’ve read lewis and Clark’s expedition book. I’ve read many other first hand accounts, an I’ve never read an account of an Indian in battle who jus taps ppl on the head a claims victory. I need to see some quotes, or what novel you read this from

@@JackDiamond21 I am a part Maori New Zealander, I had ancestors on both sides of the last war we had here, between rebellious tribes and the "white" Government. Maori had something similar to counting coup, and that was to go into a spear fight with a small club. There are stories of single warriors dancing out into the fray and killing their opponent who was better armed, and no one on the other side of the battle would attack him until he got back to his side of things. One of the chiefs in South Island was with a party of men when they were attacked suddenly. He was knocked down, and lost his greenstone club, and they all had to run away. That night he told his brothers son to come watch for "history" and he walked back to where the enemy were sitting around a fire, laughing and taking turns to make strikes with his Mere ( club ) He walked straight up out of the dark, reached between two of them and took the club from the hand of the guy holding it, and said "Penei" which is as we would say "Thus". And he struck left and right, and killed both men. As he turned and ran someone stabbed him through the side, and he and the nephew got away but the Chief died later on. And we KNOW this is true because even his enemies told that story in their own legend of that war, because it was so AWESOME that even they wanted his Mana ( respect ) to be known. The best way to prove your tribe is great, is to have AWESOME powerful enemies, after all.

The fourth task that he needed to complete was to lead a war party. He led a group to attack a building of SS. In the middle of this there was a corral of horses. He distracted the SS I climbing on the back of a horse opening the corral letting out a war cry. So is the horses scattered the SS came out. That was fourth task. 1) Counting coup. 2) Lead a successful war party. 3) Stealing enemies horse. 4) Taking an enemy's weapon.

I heard that he also needed to defeat an enemy without killing him. He achieved this after trying to fight a young German soldier to the death, until the German called out for his mother. Then he let him go.

@@highadmiraljt5853 that's considered counting coup, you touch the enemy and let him live. Task 1, I know what I'm talking I may not be a Crow but I am a Dakota and understand how to achieve the war chief status.

@@highadmiraljt5853 you don't need to defeat him either, you just need to touch a warrior from the opposing side. He also completed task 4 with the young German, he took his luger I believe.

Well i'm an Aussie but i have always thought of the Mauri race would have had a similar warlike existence as the native American Indians. Have you read Cook's Journal " back in 1770s the Mauri wars were full on " Cook said much of a tribes existence was building massive fortifications against enemy tribes. and later there was the " Mauri musket wars " even more deadly .!

@@sheepsfoot2 Yes. My ancestors chiefs. They are in the history books. Tamate Waka Nene and Kawati of Ruapekapeka fame.

@@looseunit1615 You must be very proud mate being from the Mauri race and from chieftains !

@@sheepsfoot2 I am. Thank you.

That sounds interesting. I guess different tribes count different things. Those acts sound like regular Comanche activities. But why did everyone uses a french word for it, just like coup d'etat.

@@nicanornunez9787 because France settled large parts of North America

@@nicanornunez9787 I imagine that the various tribes had their own words for it. In English we borrowed the French word to use for this specific thing.

@@nicanornunez9787 All the tribes did all those things, perhaps in different proportions. Any barbarian tribe is continually at war with its neighbors. A tribe must have a territory of a certain size, or it begins to starve. The hunters can’t find enough game, and the gatherers can’t find enough. Like any territorial carnivore, the tribe maintains and seeks to expand their boundaries versus their neighbors.

@@bwake Some tribes were far more violent than others. California tribes were on average pretty chill while plain tribes were notoriously brutal. True every people in the world needs to expand, raid, and such but then so did everybody else in the world. Europeans weren't know for their peace and stability at the time, the Chinese had sky high kill counts and the Middle East on a conquering spree

I love it! Email me if your curriculum development people need sources for any of the material. Good luck!

Thanks, I appreciate that!

The way he translates it to modern street cred terminology is funny af! 🤣🤣🤣

Joe Medicine Crow stole some SS horses during a patrol, I know that for sure. I wouldn’t surprise me if someone else did too

He became a war chief because he Lead a patrol that fought the enemy and returned with no casualties; Put his hand on a living enemy Took a weapon from an enemy Captured enemy horses. The middle two were the same incident but tribal elders felt he had reasonably fulfilled the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. You have to have all four to be considered a war chief. Respect to anyone who respects this man’s actions. ( notice, killing people is not required)

My family had been here 100+ years before. We arrived in 1521. VIVA EL DESCUBRIMIENTO DE AMERICA!!!!

Much appreciated

I was thinking same. What game would be best? Capture the flag Martial arts battles? UFC OCTAGON FIGHTS? Tae kwondo tournaments?

Lol basically

Thank you!

i could be wrong about any or all of this...but i've read a lot....in the Lakota culture...Shirtwearers were the recipients of a hairshirt (which was an elkskin shirt with braids of hair attached to it, hair from important people in his life and maybe even favorite horses).... which was either for life, or just for the summer camp (sort of a policeman) ...the lifelong shirtwearers were supposed to be looked up to as an example of what a good Lakota man was to be, ...they were to exhibit all the virtues the Lakota held as good...and have none of the vices....i don't know if all plains tribes had shirtwearers...but i'll bet they had an equivalent rank with a different name ...get a book called Hanta Yo by Ruth Beebee Hill....an amazing book on plains tribe culture, especially Lakota

Ah, thanks for that! I'd read about them, but it was not explained very well. It was with reference to Crazy Horse.

Thanks Mr. Traveler!

the whole world is warrior culture

Cultures, plural. And, you CANNOT definitively state that MOST Indigenous cultures were warrior cultures, as I'm sure you know little about the hundreds of different cultures that existed, in just North America, and in just a short period.