# Little Big Man

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{{Short description|Lakota war leader}}
{{about|the Native American chief||Little Big Man (disambiguation)}}
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| name             = Little Big Man
| native_name      = '''Charging Bear'''
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| office           = [Oglala Lakota](/source/Oglala_Lakota) leader
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| death_date       = 1887 (exact date unknown)
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| resting_place    = Holy Cross Cemetery, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
| known_for        = [Battle of Little Bighorn](/source/Battle_of_Little_Bighorn), cousin and ally of [Crazy Horse](/source/Crazy_Horse)
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| parents          = Yellow Thunder, Her Holy Breath
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'''Little Big Man''' ([Lakota](/source/Lakota_language): '''Wičháša Tȟáŋkala'''), or '''Charging Bear''', was an [Oglala Lakota](/source/Oglala_Lakota), or [Oglala Sioux](/source/Oglala_Sioux), who was a fearless and respected warrior who fought under, and was distant cousin to, [Crazy Horse](/source/Crazy_Horse) ("His-Horse-Is-Crazy"). He opposed the 1868 [Treaty of Fort Laramie](/source/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)) and fought against efforts by the United States to take control of the ancestral [Sioux](/source/Sioux) lands in the [Black Hills](/source/Black_Hills) area of the [Dakota Territory](/source/Dakota_Territory). He also fought at the [Battle of Little Big Horn](/source/Battle_of_Little_Big_Horn) in the [Montana Territory](/source/Montana_Territory) in 1876.  Later he decided to cooperate with the U.S. and may have been involved in the death of his old ally and rival, Crazy Horse, at [Fort Robinson](/source/Fort_Robinson) in Nebraska in 1877.<ref name="Ambrose1" />

==Details==
Little Big Man was Crazy Horse's lieutenant and threatened to kill the U.S. government commissioners negotiating with the Sioux for control of the Black Hills in 1875. He surrendered along with Crazy Horse in the late 1870s.

It was said the Little Big Man was crafty but with considerable ability and presence while being a recognized trouble maker. Little Big Man grabbed Crazy Horse's arm just before Crazy Horse was bayoneted by an army soldier. Crazy Horse's last words, uttered to Little Big Man and others after he was bayoneted by the soldier, were "Let me go my friends. You have got me hurt enough."<ref name=Ambrose1>{{cite book|last=Ambrose|first=Stephen|title=Crazy Horse and Custer|year=1996|publisher=Anchor Books|isbn=0-385-47966-2}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[Little Big Man](/source/Little_Big_Man_(film))'' (unrelated 1970 film)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.american-tribes.com/Lakota/BIO/LittleBigMan.htm Little Big Man, Oglala] Genealogy
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110213041349/http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/photo/scouts_chiefs_leaders.htm Potted bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101128162406/http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-black-hills-national-forest-rapid-city-history-sidwcmdev_066658.html The Black Hills]
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Category:1840s births
Category:Lakota leaders
Category:Native American people of the Indian Wars
Category:People of the Great Sioux War of 1876
Category:Native American people from South Dakota
Category:Red Cloud's War
Category:Year of death missing

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