Big Bear, noted warrior and hunter, was one of the foremost champions of the northern plains Indians. As a leader of the Plains Cree he refused to sign Treaty No. 6 and, after 1884, was with Poundmaker the focus of attempts to unite the treaty bands in the Battle River-Fort Pitt area. Notwithstanding his attempts to restrain his followers at Frog Lake and Fort Pitt in 1885, he was imprisoned following the Rebellion. Released in 1887, he died the following winter on the Little Pine reservation. *Note: This designation has been identified for review. A review can be triggered for one of the following reasons - outdated language or terminology, absence of a significant layer of history, factual errors, controversial beliefs and behaviour, or significant new knowledge.