Waiser - Loyal Till Death: Indians and the Northwest Rebellion - Photographs - Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet Indians
Database ID | 32245 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Bill Waiser fonds | |
Series | MG192_SIII | |
File/Item Reference | MG192_SIII-B19-Photos-Crowfoot (Box 19) | |
Date of creation | [ca. 1885] | |
Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; b&w; 17 mm x 12 mm | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Historical note | Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North West Rebellion was co-authored with Professor Blair Stonechild, head of Indigenous Studies at the First Nations University of Canada. The book was praised for its sensitivity in telling the stories of Indians during this turbulent time. It won a 1997 Saskatchewan Book Award for First Peoples Publishing and was a finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award for non-fiction. Crowfoot (ca. 1830 - 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika (Blackfoot Issapóómahksika, "Crow-big-foot" was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. Though he was well respected for his bravery, Crowfoot refused to join the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, believing it to be a lost cause. In 1886, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald invited Crowfoot to Ottawa. Crowfoot went, as did Three Bulls and Red Crow, but soon fell ill and had to return from Ottawa. | |
Scope and content | Portrait sketch of Chief Crowfoot. Caption from Waiser/Stonechild book: "In the aftermath of the Indian trials, Ottawa was worried about the reaction of the Blackfoot, in particular Chief Crowfoot." | |
Copyright holder | Public domain | |
Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. Contact Library and Archives Canada for permission. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Photographs | |
Provenance Access Point | Waiser, William Andrew, 1953 - . (historian) | |
Location of originals | Photo credit: Library and Archives Canada. | |
Other numbers/identification | C-1871. Labelled '97' on back of photograph. | |
Other notes | Photograph found on page 220, Loyal Till Death: Indians and the Northwest Rebellion. | |
Place | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Plains Canada -- National | |
Names | Crowfoot ** [isapo-muxika Waiser, William Andrew (Bill) | |
Subject | Northwest Resistance Government -- federal Legal Issues Blackfoot Confederacy | |
Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32245 |