Chita Rivera To Get Medal Of Freedom, Joe Medicine Crow Still Much Cooler.

Compare if you will

Chita Rivera is an accomplished and versatile actress, singer, and dancer, who has won Two Tony Awards and received seven more nominations while breaking barriers and inspiring a generation of women to follow in her footsteps. In 2002, she became the first Hispanic recipient of the coveted Kennedy Center Honor etc etc.

Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian war chief, is the author of seminal works in Native American history and culture. He is the last person alive to have received direct oral testimony from a participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. A veteran of World War II, Medicine Crow accomplished during the war all of the four tasks required to become a “war chief,” including stealing 50 Nazi SS horses from a German camp.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-medal-freedom31-2009jul31,0,1309581.story?page=2