00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.848057 CaOODSP 20221107153602 cr ||||||||||| 171129s1967 onc #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R5-571/1967E-PDF Poundmaker [electronic resource]. [Ottawa?] : [DIAND], [1967?] 1 v. (various pagings) Title from cover. Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "Poundmaker was born around 1841 and spent his youth in the northwest plains, where as an orphan without the normal benefits of parental instruction and material wealth, he developed with determination, superior skills and an independent judgement which he could persuasively express. There was a growing respect among the Cree people for the potential leadership which was evident in the adventuresome activities of the young man. In an unusual turn of events Poundmaker voluntarily allowed himself to be adopted son of Crowfoot, a powerful chief of the Blackfoot Confederacy and traditional enemy of the Crees. The old antagonises between Blackfoot and Cree were in part reconciled through the strong bond which developed between the Blackfoot chief and his adopted son"--p. [1]. gccst Indians gccst Aboriginal culture gccst History Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 1.85 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aanc-inac/R5-571-1967-eng.pdf