Black Kettle
Peter Tenorio
- In the Southern Cheyenne tribe
- He is famous for bringing peace to his people
- Born on 07 December 1803 and died on 27 November 1868
- This Native American leader was among those rare leaders who strived for peaceful negotiations with the US government
- Black Kettle and his childhood friend ‘Chief Lean Bear’ met the US President Abraham Lincoln in Washington D.C. in 1863. They were given peace medals and letters as a mark of their friendship with the US.
- He lost his childhood friend, ‘Chief Lean Bear’ in the ‘Sand Creek Massacre’ of 1865, but still continued to strive for peace