Henry Breuer

Henry Breuer

Henry ‘Almit’ Breuer was born November 3, 1935, in Elbowoods. He grew up on the Fort Berthold Reservation, where he rodeoed, ranched and farmed his entire life. Breuer is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Almit started riding exhibition bareback...
Joe Wicks

Joe Wicks

Joseph Frederick Wicks was born May 11, 1902, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was orphaned soon after birth, came to North Dakota on an orphan train and was placed with the Frederick Fix family in Mandan. In 1912, William Langer became Joe’s legal guardian. Joe was...
Howard Wanna

Howard Wanna

Howard Wanna was born on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in 1906. Sent off to Indian boarding school in Wahpeton, he met and became fast friends with Martin Old Dog from Fort Berthold. He found his way to Elbowoods and spent many years with the...
Louis Pelissier

Louis Pelissier

Louis ‘Louie’ Pelissier was born in Medora, North Dakota, on March 20, 1897, the son of George and Kate (Roberts) Pelissier. Raised on Sully Creek south of Medora, he had little formal schooling, but could “figure in his head” faster than his well-educated siblings....