# Little Big Man

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 21, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313 "2010-05-21T23:04:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313/21 "2010-05-22T23:40:03Z")

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“I have a pony… and three wives”

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313/22 "2010-05-23T01:43:13Z")

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“They didn’t call her Digging Bear for nothing”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313/23 "2010-05-23T06:44:03Z")

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I was talking with a friend a little bit ago, and mentioned that I’d watched the film today. She’d never seen it. I’ll take it to the office with me on Tuesday and loan it to her when we meet for lunch.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313/24 "2010-05-23T17:03:43Z")

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> [@Ionizer](#):
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> I, too, saw this for the first time the other night (!). GREAT show, and now I absolutely must see it again as second (or third+) times are when things are better caught or comprehended - by me anyways.
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> I was gonna start a thread re: the ‘gay’ Indian and if that type of thing was common and/or tolerated amongst various tribes. I got some more thinking to do on that, though. I also have all kinds of tribal folks locally (including next-door neighbor) that I could chat with should the opportunity present itself.

This will get you started… [Berdache.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit)

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**Author:** ![Ionizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-big-man/540313/25 "2010-05-23T18:09:26Z")

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Many thanks, Mister Owl! A good bit of ‘references’ listed there as well…call it a great start 🙂

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