Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)

GPTKB entity

Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
Cree chief
gptkbp:advocatesFor Cree rights
unity among Plains Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Big_Bear
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1825
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Mistahimaskwa
gptkbp:birthPlace Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Poundmaker_Reserve,_Saskatchewan
gptkbp:child Ayimisis
Horse Child
Little Bad Man
Red Pheasant
gptkbp:deathDate 17 January 1888
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Poundmaker_Reserve,_Saskatchewan
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Cree
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)
gptkbp:imprisonedAt gptkb:Stony_Mountain_Penitentiary
gptkbp:influencedBy decline of bison
starvation among Plains Cree
gptkbp:knownFor leadership during North-West Resistance
resistance to signing Treaty 6
gptkbp:leader Cree band
gptkbp:legacy symbol of Indigenous resistance in Canada
gptkbp:notableEvent imprisoned after North-West Resistance
gptkbp:opposedBy Canadian government policies
forced settlement on reserves
gptkbp:releasedFromPrison 1887
gptkbp:signedBy Treaty 6 (reluctantly, 1882)
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sakimay
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
historical studies
CBC docudrama 'Big Bear'
novel 'Big Bear' by Rudy Wiebe
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Plains_Cree_people
gptkb:Nêhiyaw_(Plains_Cree)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7