Gall (c. 1840–1894)

American Sioux Indian leader. He became a noted warrior of the Hunkpapa Sioux and a protégé of Chief Sitting Bull. Gall accompanied Sitting Bull to Montana 1876 and led the encirclement and annihilation of Custer's force at Little Bighorn.

Born along the Moreau River in the Dakota Territory, Gall participated in raids against the US Army along the Bozeman Trail and opposed the Treaty of Fort Laramie 1868, which established the reservation system in the northern plains. After Custer's last stand in 1876, he escaped to Canada with Sitting Bull and later settled on a reservation, becoming an Indian judge. In 1890 he opposed the Ghost Dance spiritual movement, which aimed to vanquish the white Americans from North America.