The Lakota and Northern Cheyenne .
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Custer's hair was beginning to thin when he was killed, but he was far from bald, having wavy blonde hair (cut extremely short when he was killed, likely explaining why he was not scalped).
Yes. It is a family name.
General Custer became an Army officer by graduating from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
He and his troops were all killed.
Each tribe had its own name for Custer. The Crows called him Ihkaléaxdaakua, Child of the Morning Star. This was a great honour, since Morning Star was a powerful supernatural being in Crow religion.The Cheyenne called him Heova'ehe, Yellow Hair; the Lakota called him Pehin hanska, Long Hair.Before the Little Bighorn battle, Custer's hair had been cut quite short.