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Kicking Bear, 1853-1904

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Personal name headingKicking Bear, 1853-1904
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedOglala Lakota County (S.D.) Fort Sheridan (Ill.)
Birth date1845-03-18
Death date1904-05-28
Place of birthPine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Place of deathOglala Lakota County (S.D.)
Profession or occupationIndians--Kings and rulers
Found inIndian chiefs and U.S. officials ... [graphic] 1891: photo (Kicking Bear)
Ency. of Native Am. biog., 1997: p. 198 (Kicking Bear, Miniconjou/Oglala Sioux, 1853-1904; fought with Crazy Horse at Little Bighorn in 1876; later advocated the Ghost Dance which sparked the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890; surrendered to General Miles's forces on Jan. 15, 1891; was among a number of Sioux who later joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, touring the East Coast and Europe)
Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: pages 198-199 (Kicking Bear; Miniconjou / Oglala Sioux. 1853-1904. Father was Black Fox, mother was Woodpecker. After the massacre of Big Foot's band at Wounded Knee, Kicking Bear was among those who settled at Pine Ridge. He surrendered along with about five thousand Sioux and others in the last formal subjugation of Native Americans by the U.S. Army.)
Wikipedia, viewed January 25, 2023: under "Kicking Bear" (Born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on March 18, 1845 ; died at Manderson-White Horse Creek (now Oglala Lakota County), South Dakota on May 28, 1904. Following the murder of Sitting Bull, Kicking Bear and Short Bull were imprisoned at Fort Sheridan, Illinois)
Not found inEncy. of North Am. Indians, 1996; Great North Am. Indians, 1977.