What is Joe Medicine Crow?
{{Infobox person | name = Joe Medicine Crow | image = Joseph Medicine Crow-High Bird - Aug 12 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom.jpg | alt = | caption = Joe Medicine Crow in 2009 | birth_name = Joseph Medicine Crow | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|10|27}} | birth_place = Near [[Lodge Grass]], [[Montana]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|4|3|1913|10|27}} | death_place = [[Billings, Montana|Billings]], Montana, United States | nationality = [[Americans|American]], [[Crow Nation]] | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = [[Linfield College]]<br/ >[[University of Southern California]] | occupation = Tribal historian, [[anthropologist]], author | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | religion = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = [[White Man Runs Him]] (step-grandfather) | awards = [[File:Presidential Medal of Freedom (ribbon).png|23px|border]] [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}} | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | serviceyears = 1943–1946 | rank = [[Private (United States)|Private]] | unit = [[103rd Infantry Division (United States)|103rd Infantry Division]] | commands = | battles = [[World War II]] | awards = [[File:Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg|23px|border]] [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]<br />[[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|23px|border]] [[Légion d'honneur]] }} | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = }} '''Joseph Medicine Crow-High Bird''' (October 27, 1913 &ndash; April 3, 2016) was a [[Crow Nation|Crow]] historian and author. He was also an enrolled member of the Crow Nation of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. His writings on Native American history and [[Indian reservation|reservation]] culture are thought to be his best