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Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (c. 1842 – 4 July 1886), also known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people, the Poundmaker Cree Nation. His name denotes his special craft at leading buffalo into buffalo pounds (enclosures) for harvest.
Poundmaker (born c. 1842, near Battleford, North-Western Territory [now in Saskatchewan, Canada]—died July 4, 1886, near Gleichen, Alberta, North-West Territories, Canada) was a chief of the Cree people of the western plains of Canada who took part in the 1885 Riel Rebellion—an uprising of First Nations people and Métis (persons of mixed ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Poundmaker, a Cree leader, was convicted in 1885 for his role in the North-West Rebellion against the Canadian government. He was a peacemaker who sought to protect his people's land and rights, according to his descendants and historians.
Feb 7, 2006 · Published Online February 7, 2006. Last Edited September 10, 2021. Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Cree chief (born circa 1842 in central SK; died 4 July 1886 in Blackfoot Crossing, AB). Remembered as a great leader, Pitikwahanapiwiyin strove to protect the interests of his people during the negotiation of Treaty 6.
PīTIKWAHANAPIWīYIN (Poundmaker), Plains Cree chief; b. c . 1842 in what is now central Saskatchewan, the son of a Stoney (Nakoda) father, Sīkākwayān (Skunk Skin), and a mixed-blood mother; d. 4 July 1886 at Blackfoot Crossing (Alta). Poundmaker was born into a prominent Plains Cree family from the House band, his maternal uncle being ...
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- PĪTIKWAHANAPIWĪYIN (Poundmaker)
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11
May 7, 2019 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will later this month exonerate a First Nations chief who was wrongly convicted of treason-felony after leading his warriors in battle against Canadian forces in...
Aug 1, 2019 · Poundmaker recognized that the majority of his band favoured making a treaty, and he signed it on August 23, 1876. In 1879, Poundmaker and his band settled on a reserve about 40 miles (65 kilometres) west of Battleford.
