Big Bear or Mistahimaskwa (c.1825 - 17 January 1888) was born in the Canadian Northwest, and became Chief of the Plains Cree First Nation during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He is most notable for his resistance against the Canadian government. During that time, the Canadian government began negotiating a series of numbered treaties for the return of land to the native peoples. Wikipedia
MISTAHIMASKWA (Big Bear , known in French as Gros Ours) , Plains Cree chief; b. c. 1825, probably near Fort Carlton (Sask.); d.17Jan.1888 on the Poundmaker Reserve (Sask.). www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39835
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