Question

Gene Hackman’s portrayal of this person inspired Paul Magid to write a three-volume biography about him. John Gregory Bourke published firsthand experiences “on the border” with this person, who led a starvation march named for its subsistence on horse meat. This person agreed to travel into enemy territory (-5[1])for a meeting at the “Canyon of the Funnels” captured in a photograph by C. S. Fly. This general was the defendant of a landmark 1879 case brought by a Ponca (10[1])chief, which afforded basic (10[1])constitutional rights to Native Americans. Custer’s Last Stand was compounded by the actions of Buffalo Calf Road Woman to rally against this general’s offensive at the Battle of the Rosebud. (10[1]-5[1])This general was the nominal defendant (10[1])of the Standing Bear case. For 10 points, disagreement over what general’s empathetic tactics in the Apache Wars caused his (-5[1])demotion in favor of rival Nelson A. Miles? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[7])

ANSWER: George Crook [accept Standing Bear v. Crook]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1663%0%19%127.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AFlorida B47-5
Daniel MaYale AUC Berkeley B7810
Alex SchmidtPenn State AChicago C8210
Andrew ZengStanford AClaremont A11210
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AToronto A112-5
Jason HongBrown AMinnesota B11810
Andrew SalijNorthwestern ANYU A138-5
Ian ChowToronto APurdue A14610
Jonathan TranCornell AIowa State A14610
Matt JacksonChicago AHouston A14710
Amogh KulkarniChicago BVirginia A14710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BCornell B14710
Steven LiuMIT AIllinois A1470
Justin WytmarIllinois AMIT A1470
Justin HawkinsIndiana AFlorida A1470
Tracy MirkinFlorida AIndiana A1470
Arjun NageswaranHarvard APenn A14710
John John GrogerColumbia ARutgers B1470
Lexi TermanRutgers BColumbia A1470
Kevin FanMcGill ATexas A1470