LC control no. | n 84002655 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Big Bear (Cree chief) |
Variant(s) | Mistahimusqua |
Associated country | Canada |
Birth date | 1825 |
Death date | 1888-01-17 |
Place of birth | Saskatchewan |
Profession or occupation | Indians--Kings and rulers |
Found in | Big Bear, 1984: CIP galley (Big Bear; major chief of the Crees of western Canada during the 1800s) LC data base, 6/8/84 (hdg.: Big Bear, Cree chief) Miller, J.R. Big Bear (Mistahimusqua), c1996: p. 128 (b. 1825) p. 130 (d. Jan. 17, 1888) Johansen, Bruce E. The encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: pages 26-27 (Big Bear. Principal chief among the Chee during the Second Riel Rebellion, the most serious Native uprising on the Canadian frontier. Born in Fort Carlton in what became Saskatchewan.) |