Bear's Heart (Nockkoist)

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Bear's Heart (Nockkoist)

(Cheyenne) b. 1851, Great Plains, d. 1882, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma
BiographyBear's Heart (Cheyenne name: Nockkoist) was a Cheyenne warrior. After his release from Fort Marion, he attended the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia and worked as a carpenter on a reservation in Oklahoma. He died of tuberculosis.
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