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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		By dawn, all the leading chiefs had agreed to the terms of the treaty and, because of Crowfoot’s role during the negotiations and his favourable attitude towards the pact, he was asked to respond for the entire Blackfoot nation: “While I speak, be kind and patient.
		He was told by Crowfoot that in spite of frequent messages from the Crees and the fact that Poundmaker was in the centre of the conflict, the Blackfeet did not intend to rise.
		Dempsey, Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfeet (Edmonton, 1972).
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39726 (2448 words)

	Welcome to Buffalo Spirit On-line - The Spirit is rising!
		It was a few years after the death of Crowfoot's father that a group of strangers road into camp-warriors from the Blackfoot tribe returning from a successful raid on the Crows.
		Crowfoot and his grandfather had grown close in the years since the child's father had died, and the two were inseparable.
		Crowfoot was torn about whether or not to lead his people into the battle.
	www.ammsa.com /buffalospirit/2003/footprints-crowfoot.html (1158 words)

	First Nations and Inuit of Canada
		George "The Chief" Armstrong (1930-) George Armstrong was born of a Scotish father and a Native Canadian mother in Skead Ontario.
		Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) (1742-1807) Joseph Brant, born Thayendanegea in Ohio, was the son of a Mohawk Chief.
		Dispite this, Crowfoot refused to join Louis Riel's rebellion and due to this loyalty to the Queen he was honoured by Prime Minister Macdonald and the Governor General.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/41871/2 (538 words)

	Alberta: How the West was Young - First Nations and Metis - Crowfoot Biography
		Crowfoot was born around 1830 near the Belly river in southern Alberta into the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
		Although he was chief only of the Blackfoot tribe, the new authorities in the west, the North West Mounted Police, did not understand the complexities of the Blackfoot Confederacy that included the Blood, Peigan, Northern Blackfoot tribes and their allies, the Sarcee and Gros Ventres.
		of abandonment and betrayal and his growing disillusionment with government Crowfoot maintained his allegiances and refused to join in the brewing North West Rebellion eventhough his adopted son, Poundmaker, who had recently become a Cree chief and outspoken Rebellion advocate, was later jailed for his involvement in the uprising.
	www.abheritage.ca /alberta/fn_metis/crowfoot_bio.html (807 words)

	Crowfoot
		She took Crowfoot's brother "Iron Shield" with her when her and her new husband left, but left Crowfoot behind because she didn't want him to be seperated from his grandfather, "Scabby Bull"
		Crowfoot then became chief of both the Biter's band and the Big Pipe's Band.
		Crowfoot urged the people to draw the bear close to them while he snuck up behind the bear and single handedly killed it
	www.angelfire.com /ar/waakomimm/crowfoot.html (435 words)

	Crowfoot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crowfoot was born in 1830 in an area later to become the province of Alberta.
		Crowfoot was a warrior, fought as many as nineteen battles, and sustained many injuries during the course of his life.
		Crowfoot died of tuberculosis on April 25, 1890 at Blackfoot Crossing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crowfoot (277 words)

	April 25 - May 1
		Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot (Isapo-Muxika literally Crow Indian's big foot) was born in southern Alberta in approximately 1830.
		Despite this, Crowfoot refused to join Louis Riel in his rebellion, and later was honoured by Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and Governor General Lord Lansdowne for his loyalty to Queen Victoria.
		Early in the morning of April 29, 1903, residents of the town of Frank, in the Crowsnest Pass in Alberta, were awakened from their sleep when millions of tons of rock from the face of Turtle Mountain crashed down the slopes, burying people in their homes and trapping miners.
	www.glenbow.org /exhibitions/online/libhtm/april25.htm (1026 words)

	Chief Crowfoot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chief Crowfoot was born in 1830 by the Belly River.
		Chief Crowfoot could ride a horse by the time he was five years old.
		Chief Crowfoot was an outstanding Alberta native chief and I think he was a good example of helping others and showing peace to everyone.
	projects.cbe.ab.ca /ict/2learn/jcreid/famousalbertans/htmlfiles/albertans/crowfoot.htm (254 words)

	Alberta: How the West was Young - First Nations and Metis - Poundmaker Biography
		He had a typical childhood, learning the ways of the hunt and joining in on tribal wars when he was old enough, however his life took a dramatic turn when, in 1873, he encountered Crowfoot, head chief of the Blackfoot tribe.
		Even though the Cree and the Blackfoot were rival tribes, Crowfoot was immediately struck by the resemblance of Poundmaker to his dead son, who had been killed during a raid on a Cree camp.
		Crowfoot invited Poundmaker to stay with the Blackfoot at Blackfoot Crossing as his adopted son.
	www.abheritage.ca /alberta/fn_metis/poundmaker_bio.html (632 words)

	LRRCN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Chiefs and the Ministers discussed how aboriginal communities could increase their participation in supplying skilled labour to the critical shortage facing industry in light of the proposed growth in the resource sector.
		The Chiefs expressed their concerns about the challenges aboriginal communities face in developing economic plans that are driven by first nations and the need to link education to economic development for first nation membership.
		Minister Emerson thanked the Chiefs for their input during the meeting and assured them the Government of Canada was listening and would be taking steps to address the concerns expressed.
	lrrcn.ab.ca (263 words)

	N A People/Tribes-The Blackfoot Nation
		The Siksika Nation is governed by a chief and twelve councillors, all of whom are elected by members for two-year terms.
		The Chief Mountain Hotshots are the only certified Native American Hotshot crew in Region I and stand proud to be considered the one of the best Hotshot crews in the nation.
		The eagle was the chief of all creatures in the air and respected for his wisdom and wealth.
	www.snowwowl.com /peopleblackfoot.html (2859 words)

	ITAB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Crowfoot was Chief of the Siksika Nation from 1988 to 1995 and again in November 2003 until December 2005.
		Crowfoot served as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 until his departure in 2003.
		Crowfoot was appointed as a member of the National Energy Board.
	www.itab.ca /English/boardmembers (413 words)

	Sir Cecil Denny
		At the meeting, Chief Crowfoot said that they were glad the Mounties had come because there was some distress in the camp.
		Crowfoot then told Denny that, if the Sioux attacked across the border, he would send two thousand warriors to fight at the side of the Mounties.
		Denny was one of the signatories of Treaty #7, when Chief Crowfoot made his famous speech about how the Mounted Police had protected them as the feathers of the bird protect it from the frost.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dsucha/mountie/denny.html (994 words)

	Crowfoot -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In gratitude, Crowfoot was given a lifetime pass to ride on the CPR by railway president Cornelius Van Horne.
		Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin OM (May 12, 1910–July 29, 1994) was a British scientist, born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in Cairo.
		Crowfoot refused to let his followers join the Northwest Rebellion because he thought it was a lost battle Source: Library and Archives Canada/Victoria University Library (Toronto) collection/PA-134918 © Public Domain.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/37/crowfoot.html (487 words)

	crowfoot - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		CROWFOOT [crowfoot] name for plants with the leaf or some other part resembling the foot of a crow, particularly the buttercup.
		The whole phenomenon of the 'New Canada' may be about to go on trial in Crowfoot.
		Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Chemist Who Won Nobel Prize, Dies at 84
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-crowfoot.html (164 words)

	Ralph Connor : The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail : Chapter XIX. The Great Chief
		He found Crowfoot alone beside his fire, except for the squaws that were cleaning up after the evening meal and the papooses and older children rolling about on the grass.
		Crowfoot spoke to his son and the lad piled wood on the fire till it blazed high, then, at a sign from his father, he disappeared into the tent.
		"Crowfoot," said Cameron with deliberate emphasis, "it was Colonel Otter and Superintendent Herchmer of the Mounted Police that went north to Battleford.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.1/bookid.2100/sec.19 (5534 words)

	Virtual Saskatchewan - Cree Chief Poundmaker
		With Cree Chief Big Bear (Mistahimaskwa), he was a central character in the momentous events surrounding the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance of 1885.
		Poundmaker made himself known to the government, led by chief negotiator and North-West Territories Lieutenant Governor Alexander Morris, as a force to be reckoned with in the future.
		As a sop to Crowfoot, whom Ottawa did not wish to anger, Poundmaker's hair was not cut and he was released after serving only seven months of his sentence.
	www.virtualsk.com /current_issue/poundmaker.html (1837 words)

	SAPD: Pioneer - Anton Anderson, Father of Joan Davis
		In 1860 a Blackfoot Chief asked for a priest to be sent to his people.
		Father Lacombe spoke to Crowfoot and all the Blackfoot (Blackfeet).
		Crowfoot had praised Father Lacombe "as one of the greatest friends of our Nation.
	www.pioneersalberta.org /lacombe_albert.html (1034 words)

	Part B: The Indian View of the 1885 Uprising
		The adoption of the Cree Poundmaker by the Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot was another important development in the cementing of peaceful relations between the two Nations.
		One measure being proposed by the Chiefs was a meeting of the Grand Council to be held on Little Pine’s Reserve in 1885.
		When Chief One Arrow heard the charges of treason-felony translated to him, it came out in Cree as “knocking off the Queen’s bonnet and stabbing her in the behind with a sword.” This moved One Arrow to ask the interpreter if he was drunk.
	members.shaw.ca /bcsk/perspectivef/fn/indian_view.html (5788 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		His father was a leading chief of the tribe and head of the All Medicine Men band, which hunted in the northern part of Blackfoot territory.
		Red Crow [Mékaisto], later a Blood chief, was with one such war party in the 1850s, when three Plains Cree were killed outside their camp on the North Saskatchewan River.
		At first suspicious that the missionary was trying to steal his land, he expanded the plot later that year for a house and a mission to be built.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40451 (755 words)

	Alex Decoteau Heritage Edukit - Poundmaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1876, Poundmaker was headman of one of the River People bands and was influential enough to speak at the Treaty 6 negotiations held at Fort Carlton, Manitoba.
		Much like his adoptive father Crowfoot, Poundmaker was a skilled diplomat and arbiter of peace.
		By 1880, Poundmaker was a chief and had become very active inAboriginal politics.
	www.edukits.ca /decoteau/bios_poundmaker.html (523 words)

	The Galloping Geezer ~ 125 Years Ago The Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot Signed Treaty # 7 allowing the CPR passage through ...
		After the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Sioux, led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, came across the 'Medicine Line' to gain protection from the revenge of the American Government, who had formed a large army that set out to annihilate the Indian victors.
		For those of you who may doubt and think it to be a raindrop on the camera lens, then that drop must have been put there by the Great Spirit to show that Chief Crowfoot is "still with us and always will be" for it was not raining that day.
		The Spirit of Chief Crowfoot appears on Blackfoot Confederacy's 125 th anniversary of signing of Treaty # 7 Blackfoot Crossing, on Bow River, in Alberta Canada.
	www.canadianculture.com /geezer/jack71.html (1927 words)

	Facts for Kids: Blackfoot Indians (Blackfeet)
		Blackfeet chiefs wore tall feather headdresses, different from the long warbonnets of the Sioux.
		One famous Blackfoot Indian chief was Crowfoot, who led the Blackfoot people in Canada during the second half of the 19th century.
		Crowfoot was also the adopted father of the Cree chief Poundmaker, and became close friends with the Sioux leader Sitting Bull.
	www.geocities.com /bigorrin/blackfoot_kids.htm (1667 words)

	The Funeral Directory - Immigrants
		Chief Crowfoot died in 1890 at a time when life for Indians was a little bit Christian, a little bit traditional and a whole lot confusing.
		For instance, the Catholic priest declared that Crowfoot had been baptized in the faith and should therefore have a full Catholic funeral.
		The Anglican minister J.W. Tims wasn't so sure about that and said, "Crowfoot died as he had lived in the faith of his father." The Indian agent weighed in with the direction that the casket should be completely buried.
	www.thefuneraldirectory.com /immigrant.html (769 words)

	Macleod Statue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was the relationship that Colonel Macleod developed with Chief Crowfoot, from the Blackfoot Nation, that led the way to a peaceful treaty being signed between the Blackfoot Nation and the Crown.
		A leading Peigan chief was so impressed with the bearded officer that he gave him his own name, Stamixotokon, or Bull Head.
		He was one of the commissioners appointed to negotiate Treaty Seven with the Blackfoot tribes, and the chiefs signed primarily because of their trust in him.
	members.shaw.ca /rcmpvets.calgary/macleod_statue.htm (1271 words)

	The BOW RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
		Respected in his time, immortalized by artists, Chief Crowfoot (1830-1890) of the southern Alberta Blackfoot Nation, faced the perils wrought by European infiltration with wisdom and forbearance.
		Initially suspicious of police efforts to rid the region of unscrupulous whiskey traders, the Chief eventually recognized the need to protect his people from the bottle's scourge.
		Declaring that land was more valuable than money, and that it could not be owned, Chief Crowfoot nonetheless honoured a treaty which relinquished 130,000 square kilometres of territory to the Canadian government.
	www.greatcanadianrivers.com /rivers/bowriver/history-home.html (806 words)

	CBC: Documentaries : Generations
		Strater and his large family of siblings are descendent from the great Chief Crowfoot who signed the important Treaty 7 and made peace with the Government in Ottawa in 1877.
		The Crowfoots are proud of their heritage and committed to the legacy of leadership handed to them by their Great, Great Grandfather.
		Bert Crowfoot is the Chief Executive Officer of Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, which owns five newspapers and a radio station.
	www.cbc.ca /documentaries/generations.html (826 words)

	Corporal Camerson - NURSE HALEY
		Old Crowfoot, I am convinced, is playing a deep game and is simply waiting the fitting moment to strike.
		All at once he stopped and out he came with his man by the collar, old Crowfoot after him in a fury, but afraid to give the signal of attack.
		The Superintendent and I waited on horseback in parley with old Crowfoot till the buckboard was over the hill.
	www.electricscotland.com /books/cameron3_8.htm (2954 words)

	Corporal Camerson - A DAY IN THE MACLEOD BARRACKS
		One swift searching glance the old Chief flung round the room, and then, acknowledging the Commissioner's salute with a slight wave of the hand and a grunt, and declining the seat offered him, he stood back against the wall and there viewed the proceedings with an air of haughty defiance.
		Before he could move old Crowfoot with two strides stood before the constable, and waving him aside with a gesture of indescribable dignity, took his son in his arms and kissed him on either cheek.
		The absence alike of all hesitation or fear, and of all bluster in his tone and bearing, apparently impressed the young brave, for he wheeled his pony and set off immediately at a gallop, followed by the Inspector at a more moderate pace.
	www.electricscotland.com /books/cameron3_6.htm (4694 words)

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