1. Antonine Barada, alternatively spelled Antoine Barada, was an American folk hero in the state of Nebraska; son of an Omaha mother, he was called Mo shi-no pazhi in the tribal language.
23 Facts About Antonine Barada
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Antoine Antonine Barada was born in 1807 at St Marys, Iowa, which was once located across the Missouri River from Nemaha County, Nebraska.
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Antonine Barada's parents were Michel Barada, a French-American fur trapper and interpreter, and Ta-ing-the-hae, or "Laughing Buffalo", a full-blood Omaha and sister to the chief.
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Six months later he was returned, after Michel Antonine Barada paid the ransom of two ponies.
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In 1856 they returned to Nebraska to settle on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation; because of his half-Omaha ancestry, Antonine Barada was eligible for a land patent from the US government.
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Antonine Barada set up a trading post at the reservation, from which the town of Barada grew.
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Antonine Barada won the match by pinching his opponent with his toes while he slapped him into unconsciousness with one blow on his ear.
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Antonine Barada's strength was well known as well, and he was always asked to assist with barn raising, as he would single-handedly hold heavy beams in place while they were fastened down.
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Rather than use a loading chute, Antonine Barada simply picked the hogs up and set them in the wagon.
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Every time townsfolk needed someone's strength, Antonine Barada took the call.
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In 1832 Antonine Barada was in St Louis when he was challenged to prove his strength.
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Antonine Barada lifted a stone weighing 1,700 pounds, after which point the date of the feat and the weight were inscribed on the stone for future generations.
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Antonine Barada was known as a fair hunter, one who never shot a bird on the ground.
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One tale of Antonine Barada recounted that while working with a lazy railroad crew in Nebraska, Antonine Barada became upset.
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Antonine Barada grabbed the drop hammer and threw it across the Missouri River, at which point the earth where the hammer fell buckled.
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Antonine Barada was still angry and slammed his fist down on a pile.
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Legend says that all of Nebraska would have flooded from this bung hole if Antoine Antonine Barada hadn't plugged it by sitting over it.
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Antonine Barada received a patent on 320 acres of land in 1856 on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation.
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The town of Antonine Barada was established in that tract soon after Antonine Barada's claim.
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Antonine Barada ran a fur-trading post there for at least 20 years, during which time the town grew around him.
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Antonine Barada died in 1885 and is buried alongside his wife in the Catholic cemetery just east of Antonine Barada, the village that bears his name.
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In 1951 several of Antonine Barada's descendants were members of a lawsuit brought against the Government of the United States for recognition of their descent from a full tribal member of the Omaha nation, and their entitlement to compensation related to land allotments and financial benefits received by tribal members.
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Antonine Barada was rejected due to discriminatory practices by tribal elders and Indian agents.