Spotted Elk

Spotted Elk (Lakota: Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká, sometimes spelled OH-PONG-GE-LE-SKAH or Hupah Glešká: 1826 approx – ), was the name of a chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux. He was a son of Miniconjou chief Lone Horn and became a chief upon his father's death. He was a highly renowned chief with skills in war and negotiations. A United States Army soldier, at Fort Bennett, coined the derogatory nickname (Si Tȟáŋka) – not to be confused with (also known as Ste Si Tȟáŋka and Chetan keah). In 1890, he was killed by the US Army at with at least 150 members of his tribe, in what became known as the Wounded Knee Massacre.