Cante Ohitika was a strong young Lakota warrior at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. A year later he came with Sitting Bull's band to Canada where he camped at the Pinto Horse Buttes and Wood Mountain. He was among the fifty families who remained in Canada when most of the Lakota departed in 1881.

By 1883, he had moved to Moose Jaw. Sometimes he worked as a scout for the North-West Mounted Police at Moose Jaw and at Wood Mountain. In 1911 he and his wife Wanbli Hotewin (Gray Eagle) moved with the rest of the band to Wood Mountain. He was a modest man and a wise leader. He was considered a chief among his people.

He often conducted traditional ceremonies such as naming ceremonies for the Lakota community at Wood Mountain.

When he was buried, the Lakota placed six crossed arrows on his grave, a tribute to a chief.

It is stated that Brave Heart belonged to Sitting Bull's band.

Source: Canadian Museum of History — Dietmar Schulte-Möhring

Brave Heart and Grey Eagle