Mountain Chief

Mountain Chief
Nínaiistáko (Ninna-stako)
Mountain Chief at the Indian Congress of 1898
Bornc. 1848
Oldman River, Alberta, British North America
Died(1942-02-02)February 2, 1942 (aged 94)
Resting placeBrowning, Montana
Spouse(s)Bird Sailing This Way; Fine Stealing Woman; Hates To Stay Alone; Gun Woman For Nothing
Parents
  • Mountain Chief (father)
  • Charging Across Quartering (mother)

Mountain Chief (Nínaiistáko / Ninna-stako[1] in the Blackfoot language; c. 1848 – February 2, 1942) was a South Piegan warrior of the Blackfoot Tribe.[2] Mountain Chief was also called Big Brave (Omach-katsi) and adopted the name Frank Mountain Chief.[2] Mountain Chief was involved in the 1870 Marias Massacre,[3] signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868,[4] and worked with anthropologist Frances Densmore to interpret folksong recordings.[5]

  1. ^ Hungrywolf, Adolf (2006). The Blackfoot Papers. Good Medicine Foundation. ISBN 978-0-920698-86-0.
  2. ^ a b Samek, Hana (2000). "Mountain Chief (1848?–02 February 1942), Piegan warrior and tribal leader". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001499. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. ^ Wylie, Paul R. (2016-02-26). Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-5558-6.
  4. ^ "Mountain Chief dies; Blackfoot leader, 94; Blind Hereditary Head of Nation Signed Treaty With U.S. in '86". The New York Times. 1942-02-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  5. ^ Levine, Victoria Lindsay; Robinson, Dylan (2019-01-15). Music and Modernity among First Peoples of North America. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-7864-8.