Big Foot
During the 1870s, Spotted Elk allied his tribe against the US Army, together with Sitting Bull (Lakota: "Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake"), Crazy Horse (Lakota:"Tȟašúŋke Witkó") and Touch the Clouds (Lakota:"Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya"). Spotted Elk saw no major action during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. However, his tribe – the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux – suffered during the war, after which they surrendered.