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John Grass

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Turn-of-the-century Sihasapa Lakota war leader and diplomat

Lived 1836 to 1918 · aged 82
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John Grass, Matȟó Watȟákpe or Charging Bear was a chief of the Sihasapa (Blackfeet) band of Lakota people during the 1870s through 1890s. He fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

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John Grass, Matȟó Watȟákpe or Charging Bear was a chief of the Sihasapa (Blackfeet) band of Lakota people during the 1870s through 1890s. He fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana. In the summer of 1873, he led his men of the Sihasapa and Oglala/Brule against the Pawnee in Nebraska near the Republican River, killing between 75 and 100 Pawnee men with mostly women and children, although the estimates of dead ranged at 156. The incident was named The Battle of Massacre Canyon.

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Lived 1836 to 1918 · aged 82
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