the name of a Navaho orphan adopted by a cowboy named Red Ryder, characters in a comic strip, Red Ryder, by Fred Harman. The strip began November 6, 1938 and within 10 years it was syndicated in 750 newspapers around the world. Little Beaver became a radio show in 1942.—Child Dianetics Glossary (app 12.7.90), updated 15 September 1994 from Encyclopedia of American Comics