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Charles 'Pa' Ingalls is the resilient, principled patriarch of the Ingalls family in 'Little House on the Prairie,' whose unwavering determination to provide for his family leads him through the hardships of American frontier life. With carpentry skills, farming knowledge, and boundless optimism, he builds homes and community wherever he goes, while teaching his children the values of hard work, honesty, and compassion through both his words and actions.