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Chief Big Bear of the Plains Cree
Chief Poundmaker
Chief Poundmaker
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Chiefs with Lt. Gov. Dewdney
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Bobtail and Son
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Lt. Gov. Edgar Dewdney, Piapot and Montreal Garrison Artillery
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Poundmaker
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Indian Delegation to Meet Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Lloydminster
Black and white photograph of a group of indigenous men comprising a delegation to meet Sir Wilfred Laurier in Lloydminster, including, (from front left) Fox, Mr. Quinney Sr. John Calling Bull, Napeview, Feather Trousers, Horse, Ugly Fingers, Carpenter, Angus Quinney, Benjamin Quinney, Jean Baptiste Opissinow, Young Chief, Joe Taylor, William Sibbald, Father Cunningham, Mikwyapiy, Flying About, Three Legs, Anoine Muskego, Misihew, Silly Man.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.