I am Kicking Bear (Lakota: Matȟó Wanáȟtaka, March 18, 1845 – May 28, 1904,i was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. I fought in several battles with my brother, Flying Hawk, and first cousin, Crazy Horse, during the War for the Black Hills, including the Battle of the Greasy Grass