For the first time since 1885, some of Chief Poundmaker's belongings are coming home to Saskatchewan. Poundmaker was a 19th-century Plains Cree leader who was convicted of treason and imprisoned ...

CALGARY—On a grassy hill at Blackfoot Crossing in 1967, five-year-old Milton Tootoosis watched as the bones of legendary Cree Chief Poundmaker were exhumed from Alberta’s soil. It was a solemn, ...

CALGARY—On a grassy hill at Blackfoot Crossing in 1967, five-year-old Milton Tootoosis watched as the bones of legendary Cree Chief Poundmaker were exhumed from Alberta’s soil. It was a solemn, ...

History has judged Pîhtokahanapiwiyin, widely known as Chief Poundmaker, as a peaceful man who tried to stop violence while still defending his people. But during his lifetime, he was tried for ...

Blaine Favel is a former chief of Poundmaker Cree Nation. Thursday is a monumental day for Canada. Chief Poundmaker, a champion of peace who was wrongly convicted of treason, will be exonerated by ...

POUNDMAKER FIRST NATION — Residents of a First Nation near Battleford want their band’s namesake exonerated once and for all. Poundmaker’s descendants are working to set the historical record straight ...

A pipe bag that belonged to a Plains Cree chief known as a peacekeeper has been returned to his home community in Saskatchewan, more than a century after he gave it to a chaplain at a Manitoba prison.

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Objects belonging to the great Cree leader Poundmaker were returned to his family by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Wednesday (22 February), more than 136 years after his death. In a ceremony of ...

While many elders and people in the region consider Poundmaker a peacemaker, history has painted him as a traitor Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign ...

Canada’s Plains Cree and Chief Poundmaker have been included in the newest edition of a popular video game series, but one elected official from the Saskatchewan First Nation considers it cultural ...

A video game is shining a spotlight on an Indigenous leader from the 19th century — but members of the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan aren't sure the makers are playing fair. "When I first saw ...