Nov 28 2024 14 mins
Poundmaker was a Chief of the Plains Cree, a peacekeeping warrior who fought and defeated the Canadian government at the Battle of Cut Horse Creek. He shouldered the impossible task of preventing bloodshed, of calming the young warriors of the tribes and negotiating with an expansionist government that despised him. His story is one of the great tragedies of Canadian history.
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Sources
Sweet Promises: A Reader on Indian/White Relations in Canada by J.R. Miller
Footprints in the Dust by Douglas W. Light
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