Little Bear was a Cree leader who lived in the Alberta, Idaho, Montana, and Saskatchewan regions of Canada and the United States, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his participation in the 1885 North-West Rebellion, which was fought in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Very little is known about Little Bear's early life. His father was Big Bear. Historical records tell of Little Bear's age. Around 1915 they recorded that Little Bear was already in his 70s. He may have been born in the early or mid-1840s. He was probably living in the Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming region in the 1850s. Little Bear said in Butte, Montana in either 1912 or 1913, that his father lived along the Snake River in Idaho but relocated to the Butte, Montana region to hunt for buffalo and other wild game.
He was sub-chief to Chief Rocky Boy at Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana.
Very little is known about Little Bear's early life. His father was Big Bear. Historical records tell of Little Bear's age. Around 1915 they recorded that Little Bear was already in his 70s. He may have been born in the early or mid-1840s. He was probably living in the Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming region in the 1850s. Little Bear said in Butte, Montana in either 1912 or 1913, that his father lived along the Snake River in Idaho but relocated to the Butte, Montana region to hunt for buffalo and other wild game.
He was sub-chief to Chief Rocky Boy at Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana.
Little Bear was a Cree leader who lived in the Alberta, Idaho, Montana, and Saskatchewan regions of Canada and the United States, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his participation in the 1885 North-West Rebellion, which was fought in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Very little is known about Little Bear's early life. His father was Big Bear. Historical records tell of Little Bear's age. Around 1915 they recorded that Little Bear was already in his 70s. He may have been born in the early or mid-1840s. He was probably living in the Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming region in the 1850s. Little Bear said in Butte, Montana in either 1912 or 1913, that his father lived along the Snake River in Idaho but relocated to the Butte, Montana region to hunt for buffalo and other wild game.
He was sub-chief to Chief Rocky Boy at Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana.
Very little is known about Little Bear's early life. His father was Big Bear. Historical records tell of Little Bear's age. Around 1915 they recorded that Little Bear was already in his 70s. He may have been born in the early or mid-1840s. He was probably living in the Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming region in the 1850s. Little Bear said in Butte, Montana in either 1912 or 1913, that his father lived along the Snake River in Idaho but relocated to the Butte, Montana region to hunt for buffalo and other wild game.
He was sub-chief to Chief Rocky Boy at Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana.
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