Name: Big Bear
Released: 1998-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gordon Tootoosis, Tantoo Cardinal, Lorne Cardinal

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Big Bear (Gordon Tootoosis, Legends of the Fall) was a Cree chief who campaigned for his people and their land against the Canadian government in the 1870s and 1880s.

Drama · 1998 · 1 hr 2 min

Starring Gordon Tootoosis , Tantoo Cardinal , Lorne Cardinal

Director Gil Cardinal

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Canada, 1875. The buffalo have almost disappeared and the Canadian government offers Chief Big Bear a treaty: to leave their plains and move his people to a reserve. As his people are dying from starvation, Big Bear must make a decision.

1 hr 2 min · Dec 1, 1998
EPISODE 2

Part 2

In 1885, Little Bad Man and Wandering Spirit take control of Big Bear and his warriors, launching a fatal confrontation at the settlement of Frog Lake. But when they are chased by the Canadian troops, Big Bear is sent to prison.

1 hr 2 min · Dec 1, 1998
EPISODE 3

Part III

Wandering Spirit and Little Bad Man launch a deadly attack on the settlement of Frog Lake and burn Fort Pitt. The violence of Big Bears warriors has undermined his quest for justice.

56 min · Dec 31, 1998