John Woodenlegs (12 November 1909 – December 1981) was a Native American writer, educator, and the tribal president of the Northern Cheyenne from 1955 to 1968.
[2] Woodenlegs was the grandson of Wooden Leg, who fought against General George A. Custer’s troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
[1] Whitney Smith, a U.S. vexillologist, credited Woodenlegs with having designed the flag of the Northern Cheyenne, which was approved for display in 1964.
[4] In 1967, Woodenlegs was the sole American Indian member of the National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty convened by President Lyndon B.
Accompanying him is college-trained Williamette Youpee, Miss Indian America 1963 and twelve-year old Richard Roundstone, an honor student at the reservation school.