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Kicking Bear (Lakota: Matȟó Wanáȟtaka [maˈtˣɔ waˈnaχtaka]; [1] March 18, 1845 – May 28, 1904) was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. He fought in several battles with his brother, Flying Hawk, and first cousin, Crazy Horse, during the War for the Black Hills, including the Battle of the Greasy Grass.
Kicking Bear (Matȟó Wanáȟtaka) (1846–1904), Oglala activist and warrior; Lame Deer (Tȟáȟča Hušté) (died 1877), Miniconjou medicine man; Eddie Little Sky (1926–1997), Oglala Lakota actor; Kevin Locke (Tȟokéya Inážiŋ) (born 1954), Hunkpapa hoop dancer and flute player; Karina Lombard (born 1969), Lakota-descent actress
In the early 19th century, Europeans and American passed through Lakota territory in increasing numbers. They sought furs, especially beaver fur at first, and later bison fur. The fur trade changed the Oglala economy and way of life. In 1868, the United States and the Great Sioux Nation signed the Fort Laramie Treaty. [6]
Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli’s documentary “Lakota Nation vs. United States” chronicles the Lakota Indians’ enduring quest to reclaim South Dakota’s Black Hills, sacred land ...
The group considers Lakota to be a sovereign nation, ... (Kicking Bear) — Oglala born ... (Little Big Man/Charging Bear) — Oglala Lakota warrior;
Audiences who’ve attended film festivals or cultural events in the past few years have no doubt heard their share of land acknowledgements, in which the hosts make a point of recognizing the ...
Betty Keener Archuleta, Cherokee Nation (1928-1998) Kicking Bear, Oglala Lakota (1846–1904) Sylvia Lark, Seneca (1947–1990) James Lavadour, Walla Walla; Annie Little Warrior, also Annie Red Tomahawk, Hunkpapa Lakota [7] (1895–1966) Judith Lowry, Maidu/Pit River tribes; Albert Looking Elk, Taos Pueblo (c. 1888–1940) [8]
Touch the Clouds, by James H. Hamilton, taken at the Spotted Tail Agency, Nebraska, in the fall of 1877, Miniconjou chief. The Miniconjou (Lakota: Mnikowoju, Hokwoju – ‘Plants by the Water’) are a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day South Dakota from the Black Hills in to the Platte River.