Pitikwahanapiwiyin
Pitikwahanapiwiyin , often also Poundmaker , (* around 1842 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan , † July 4, 1886 in Blackfoot Crossing in the Canadian province of Alberta ), was an influential chief of the River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak ), the eastern subgroup of the Plains Cree . His followers consisted mainly of Plains River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak-paskwāwiyiniwak ), a group of the River Cree, as well as Woods River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak-sakāwiyiniwak ), Western Woodland Cree ( Sakāwiyiniwak ) and Stoney.
He was the son of Sikakwayan, a shaman of the Stoney , and his wife, a Métis . Pitikwahanapiwiyin was adopted in 1873 by Isapo-Muxika ( Crowfoot ), the chief of the Siksika , a tribal group of the Blackfoot , because his own son had been killed in a battle. He was involved in the negotiations of the 6th Canadian Reservation Treaty ( Treaty No. 6 ) in 1876 and in 1879 went with his followers to the reservation, the Poundmaker Reserve . He was later involved in the Siege of Battleford and the Battle of the Cut Knife during the Northwest Rebellion .
Web links
- Pitikwahanapiwiyin . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
Individual evidence
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pitikwahanapiwiyin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poundmaker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief of the Plains Cree |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saskatchewan , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1886 |
| Place of death | Blackfoot Crossing , Alberta , Canada |