Big Elk

Native American tribal chief

Person human Q2902208

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Summary

Big Elk was born in 1765^[1]. He died in 1846^[2]. He worked as a traditional leader or chief^[3].

Key Facts

Place of burial: Bellevue Cemetery^[4]
Ethnic group: Ponca^[5]
Sex or gender: male^[6]

FAQs

What did Big Elk do for work?

Big Elk worked as traditional leader or chief^[3].

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Quick Facts

Instance of human

Sex or gender male

Date of birth 1765

Date of death 1846

Ethnic group Ponca

Occupation traditional leader or chief

Properties

Place of burial Bellevue Cemetery

Identifiers (6)

Image (Wikimedia Commons) Big Elk - George Catlin - 1832.jpg ↗

Find a grave memorial id 11431

Freebase id /m/03h0gyk

Library of congress authority id nr2001010930

Viaf cluster id 71317378

Worldcat entities id E39PBJhCGxp37cYM4vkhbdcpT3

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Ethnic group 1

Ponca

Instance of 1

human

Occupation 1

traditional leader or chief

Sex or gender 1

male

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Direct Wikidata claims

[6] ↑ Big Elk — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Big Elk — occupation (P106): traditional leader or chief. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Big Elk — place of burial (P119): Bellevue Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Big Elk — ethnic group (P172): Ponca. nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12. nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Big Elk — date of birth (P569): 1765. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Big Elk — date of death (P570): 1846. wikidata.org.

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