- Joe Medicine Crow was born on October 27, 1913 in Crow reservation, near Lodge Grass, Montana, USA. He is known for The West (1996), The War (2007) and Timewatch (1982). He died on April 3, 2016 in Billings, Montana, USA.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama on August 12, 2009.
- He was the first of his tribe to get a master's degree in 1939. He helped to compile his people's history through oral testimony.
- He was a historian, WWII veteran, and chief of Montana's Crow tribe. His grandfather was a scout for US military commander George Custer.
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