World War II hero Joe Medicine Crow ventured to Oregon and beyond to change views of Native Americans

Joseph Medicine Crow

Crow tribal historian Joseph Medicine Crow speaks of unity at a 2001 dedication of a peace memorial, near where the bloody Battle of the Little Bighorn began. (AP Photo/Beck Bohrer)AP

Joseph Medicine Crow spent years in an alien world, sometimes feeling unwelcome and alone. He insisted he didn’t mind.

He was a Crow Indian who was determined to win “at the White man’s game.”

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