Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La Explained

Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La (born 1847)^[1] was an Oglala Lakota^[2] law enforcement officer and judge. Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La was also called George Sword.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La was a police captain^{[7] [8]} and a judge in a Native American court.^{[4] [9]}

Stories told by Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La are the subject of George Sword's Warrior Narratives, a book by Delphine Red Shirt and published by the University of Nebraska Press.^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fourth World Journal Volume 15 Number 2 . www.cwis.org.
2. Web site: Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La . ictnews.org.
3. Web site: American-Tribes.com. www.american-tribes.com.
4. Web site: Lakota Iapi and Memory | Native American Sites of Memory. December 18, 2014.
5. Book: Red Shirt, Delphine . George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition . November 2016 . U of Nebraska Press . 9780803284395 . 2016039400.
6. Web site: George "Mi-Wakan Yu-Ha-La" Sword (1847-1910) -.... www.findagrave.com.
7. Web site: Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la or He Who Has a Sword, also Captain George Sword. www.cartermuseum.org.
8. Web site: Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.. W. R. (William R.). Cross. October 20, 1891. www.loc.gov.
9. Web site: George Sword: First Native Police Captain. Walter. Lamar. March 26, 2015.
10. Web site: George Sword's Warrior Narratives - Nebraska Press.
11. Web site: Delphine Red Shirt | Nebraska Authors. nebraskaauthors.org.