Mountain Chief

Mountain Chief
Mountain Chief
Ninna-stako
	Mountain Chief at the Indian Congress of 1898
Born	c. 1848; Oldman River, Alberta, British North America
Died	February 2, 1942 (aged 94)
Resting place	Browning, 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 (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]

^ Hungrywolf, Adolf (2006). The Blackfoot Papers. Good Medicine Foundation. ISBN 978-0-920698-86-0.
^ ^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.
^ Wylie, Paul R. (2016-02-26). Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-5558-6.
^ "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.
^ 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.

[:1-1] Hungrywolf, Adolf (2006). The Blackfoot Papers. Good Medicine Foundation. ISBN 978-0-920698-86-0.

[:0-2] 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.

[:2-3] Wylie, Paul R. (2016-02-26). Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-5558-6.

[:3-4] "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.

[:4-5] 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.

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