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Big Elk Chief Big Elk by George Catlin, 1832. Native name Ontopanga Born 1770 Died 1846/1853 Nationality Omaha Known for A chief of the Omaha Indians, warrior, orator Successor Joseph LaFlesche Children Standing Elk (son) Mitain(daughter) Meumbane(daughter) Big Elk , also known as Ontopanga (1770–1846/1853), was a principal chief of the Omaha tribe for many years on the upper Missouri River. He is notable for his oration delivered at the funeral of Black Buffalo in 1813. Big Elk led his people during a time of increasing changes, with threats from Sioux warfare, disease and European-American encroachment. He created alliances to protect his people and prepare for a future which he thought depended on a closer relationship with the United States. He was willing to exchange land for the promise of protection for his people but was often disappointed by the failures of the US government. Contents 1 History 2 Marriage and family 3 S

"Fur Trade" redirects here. For the band, see Fur Trade (band). Fur trade in Nizhny Novgorod (before 1906) The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most valued. Historically the trade stimulated the exploration and colonization of Siberia, northern North America, and the South Shetland and South Sandwich Islands. Today the importance of the fur trade has diminished; it is based on pelts produced at fur farms and regulated fur-bearer trapping, but has become controversial. Animal rights organizations oppose the fur trade, citing that animals are brutally killed and sometimes skinned alive. [1] Fur has been replaced in some clothing by synthetic imitations, for example, as in ruffs on hoods of parkas. A fur trader in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta in the 1890s Contents