Chief Poundmaker
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Small Sepia Portrait of Chief Poundmaker, taken originally in 1885
Examines a collaboration between the Walpole Island First Nation and the neighboring Wallaceburg District Secondary School to improve the education of Indigenous students and what can be learned to address persistent educational issues for Indigenous populations nationwide.
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 1984.
A personal reflection of a non-Indigenous researcher conducting research in within Indigenous communities.
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.