Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,903,696,861 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Big Foot
(redirected from Chief Big Foot)

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
Big Foot (b. Si Tanka) (also known as Spotted Elk) (?1825–90) Minneconjou Teton Sioux chief; born in northern Great Plains. One of the first Sioux to raise a corn crop on the Cheyenne River, he traveled to Washington, D.C., as a tribal delegate and worked to establish schools throughout the Sioux territory. He was among those massacred at Wounded Knee in December 1890.
Big Foot
(Sasquatch) man ape similar to the yeti; reputed to have been seen in northwestern U.S. [Am. Hist.: “Yeti” in Wallechinsky, 443–444]
See : Mystery


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
More than 250 riders stretch out across the empty grasslands on the Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride to commemorate the genocide of millions of the Lakota Indian nation in the 19th century.
He details how, on a late December day in 1890, a small band of Minniconjou Sioux led by Chief Big Foot arrived at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.