Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet Indians

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Repository	University of Saskatchewan Archives
Repository Link	http://www.usask.ca/archives/
Fonds/collection	Bill Waiser Fonds
File/item reference	B19-WaiserLoyal-P039
Physical location reference	Bill Waiser fonds, B19-Photos-NWMP
Location of originals	Library and Archives Canada.
Copyright/terms of use	Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
Title	Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet Indians
Description (Scope and content)	Portrait sketch of Chief Crowfoot. Caption from Waiser/Stonechild book: "In the aftermath of the Indian trials, Ottawa was worried about the reaction of the Blackfoot, in particular Chief Crowfoot."
Date(s) of creation / publication	[ca. 1885]
Date range	1880-1889
War	Northwest Resistance
Names	Waiser, William Andrew (Bill) Crowfoot ** [isapo-muxika
Theme	Veterans
Geographic Coverage	Regina
Canadian Subject Headings	Riel Rebellion, 1885
Additional subject terms	Blackfoot Confederacy
Primary media	Graphic material
Specific medium	Photographs
Physical extent	1 photograph
Dimensions	17 mm x 12 mm
Other physical details	B&W
Language of material	English
Historical Note	Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North West Rebellion was co-authored with Professor Blair Stonechild, head of Indigenous Studies at the First Nations University of Canada. The book was praised for its sensitivity in telling the stories of Indians during this turbulent time. It won a 1997 Saskatchewan Book Award for First Peoples Publishing and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction.Crowfoot (ca. 1830 - 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika (Blackfoot Issapóómahksika, "Crow-big-foot" was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. Though he was well respected for his bravery, Crowfoot refused to join the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, believing it to be a lost cause. In 1886, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald invited Crowfoot to Ottawa. Crowfoot went, as did Three Bulls and Red Crow, but soon fell ill and had to return from Ottawa.
Other notes	General note: Photograph found on page 220, Loyal Till Death: Indians and the Northwest Rebellion. Virtual exhibits: Part of Our Legacy, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32245
Date created	2011-07-27

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