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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.
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.
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
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
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.
May 24, 2019 · 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.
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...
