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It is a Treaty 6 nation, started by the famous Cree Chief Pitikwahanapiwiyin. The band has 1281 members with 505 living on the reserve. Its location is Northwest of North Battleford and Saskatoon. Poundmaker Cree Nation is home to the Battle of Cut Knife National Historic Site of Canada. [2]
Central - Poundmaker Cree Nation - Off Grid 674. The Poundmaker Cree Nation, a First Nations reserve, is located northwest of North Battleford and Saskatoon near the community of Cut Knife. It is a Treaty 6 Nation, started by the famous Cree Chief Pitikwahanapiwiyin in 1876.
- Early Life
- Treaty 6
- Cree Gathering, 1884
- North-West Resistance
- Attack on Battleford Village
- Battle of Cut Knife
- Battle of Batoche
- Trial and Imprisonment
- Death
- Reclamation of Artifacts
Pitikwahanapiwiyin was born to a Métis woman and a Stoney shaman named Sikakwayan. His family lived among the Plains Cree peoples in what is now Saskatchewan, under the leadership of his uncle, Chief Mistawasis (Big Child). (See also Plains Indigenous Peoples in Canada.) Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s status in his community was heightened after a battle bet...
In August 1876, Pitikwahanapiwiyin was a Cree band leader or minor chief and was present at the negotiations of Treaty 6 in Fort Carlton. (See also Numbered Treaties.) Pitikwahanapiwiyin did not believe that the terms of the treaty were favourable to his people and therefore was opposed to signing the agreement. He questioned how the government, by...
Life on the reserve was difficult; rations of food and supplies promised by the government in the treaty were inconsistent or insufficient. This led to unrest among some of Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s people, particularly the young warriors. Seeking to come up with a plan of action, Pitikwahanapiwiyin and his fellow Cree leaders, such as Chief Mistahimask...
Discontent with settler-colonists was spreading across the Prairies, particularly among young First Nations and Métispeoples. By 1885, on the eve of the North-West Resistance, the population of Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s band had grown to accommodate some of these warriors. While Pitikwahanapiwiyin himself always advocated for peace, some members of his ...
After the Métis won the Battle of Duck Lake on 26 March 1885, most of the white settlers sought shelter in NWMP camps near Battleford. Pitikwahanapiwiyin travelled there to meet with the local Indian agent, seeking to collect rations he was owed. However, the agent refused to help him because he was afraid to leave the police-protected area. This a...
Lieutenant-Colonel William Dillon Otter’s force of 325 armed men arrived at Battleford to exact revenge on Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s band. The plan was to attack their camp near Cut Knife Hill. However, having received news of their arrival, Cree and Stoney warriors set out to defend their camp against Otter’s men. The battle lasted approximately seven ...
Though Pitikwahanapiwiyin was against it, his warriors planned to join Louis Riel’s Métis forces at Batoche. On route, they captured a wagon train carrying supplies for Colonel Otter’s forces. The warriors took the men from the supply train as prisoners. Not wanting bloodshed, Pitikwahanapiwiyin intervened to ensure that the prisoners were not harm...
Put on trial in Regina in July 1885, Pitikwahanapiwiyin protested his innocence, telling the court that he did “everything [he] could do… to stop bloodshed.” However, the court still found him guilty of treason and sentenced him to three years in prison. He served one year in Stony Mountain Penitentiary in Manitobabefore he was released.
Poor in health and broken in spirit, Pitikwahanapiwiyin went to visit his adopted father, Isapo-Muxika (Crowfoot), on the Siksika reserve after his release from prison. Shortly thereafter, Pitikwahanapiwiyin died of unknown causes. Some say that he died of a lung hemorrhage, possibly due to complications with tuberculosis, which he may have contrac...
Following the North-West Resistance in 1885, many of Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s possessions were housed in museums across Saskatchewan, as well as abroad, such as in London, England. In July 2017, the federal government loaned some of Pitikwahanapiwiyin's belongings, including a ceremonial war club, to the Poundmaker Cree Nation museum, located on the Po...
Feb 16, 2024 · CBC is taking you to the intimate communities of Kerrobert, Unity and Poundmaker First Nation for stories of finding home and safety, how a building can be the focal point for many generations of ...
Battle of Cut Knife Hill National Historic Site of Canada is located on the Poundmaker Reserve of the Cree Nation, 16 kilometres from the town of Cut Knife, near Battleford, Saskatchewan. The site of the conflict is now marked by a plaque at the top of a steep hill surrounded by gently rolling grassland, ravines and hills with occasional stands ...
Poundmaker (born c. 1842, near Battleford, North-Western Territory [now in Saskatchewan, Canada]—died July 4, 1886, near Gleichen, Alberta, North-West Territories, Canada) was a chief of the Cree people of the western plains of Canada who took part in the 1885 Riel Rebellion —an uprising of First Nations people and Métis (persons of mixed Native...
Indigenous, Museum, Art Gallery. Poundmaker Cree Nation, approximately 15 km NW of Cut Knife. Located on the Poundmaker Cree Nation, the Chief Poundmaker Museum and Gallery is dedicated to the history of the Poundmaker Cree Nation, and also to the events of 1885 which led to the Battle of Poundmaker on May 2, 1885.
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