![]() ![]() ![]() In 1889, Kicking Bear traveled with his fellow Lakota Short Bull to Nevada to learn the new Ghost Dance religion from the movement’s leader, Wovoka and brought it back to his people. Kicking Bear distinguished himself in several battles for Lakota land during the War for the Black Hills (1876-77), including the Battle of Little Big Horn (Greasy Grass). By his marriage to a leader’s daughter, Kicking Bear became a leader of a band in the Lakota Nation. Kicking Bear married Woodpecker Woman, the daughter of Chief Big Foot. Kicking Bear’s father was Black Fox, and his mother was Iron Cedar Woman. Mató Wanáȟtake was born around 1846 among the Oglala Lakota people.
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