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Big Bear’s camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, 1883. “In the 1870s, the newly created Canadian government began to investigate signing treaties with the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains, and sent gifts to encourage friendship. While some leaders accepted the gifts, Big Bear was not interested, declaring “when we set a fox-trap we scatter pieces of meat all round, but when the fox gets into the trap we knock him on the head; We want no bait; let your chiefs come like men and talk to us.” When representatives of the Canadian government came to negotiate a series of numbered treaties for the return of land to the native peoples, Big Bear, one of the chief negotiators during Treaty 6, refused to sign, believing that the treaty was unfair and biased towards Canadian settlers. He campaigned against the Canadian government, preaching to other Native bands that the treaties were unfair.”  more info here

Big Bear’s camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, 1883.

“In the 1870s, the newly created Canadian government began to investigate signing treaties with the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains, and sent gifts to encourage friendship. While some leaders accepted the gifts, Big Bear was not interested, declaring “when we set a fox-trap we scatter pieces of meat all round, but when the fox gets into the trap we knock him on the head; We want no bait; let your chiefs come like men and talk to us.”

When representatives of the Canadian government came to negotiate a series of numbered treaties for the return of land to the native peoples, Big Bear, one of the chief negotiators during Treaty 6, refused to sign, believing that the treaty was unfair and biased towards Canadian settlers. He campaigned against the Canadian government, preaching to other Native bands that the treaties were unfair.”  more info here

(Source: archives.library.ualberta.ca)

16 notes #canada #big bear #maple creek #saskatchewan #cree #first nations #aboriginal #indigenous #treaty 6 #Mistahi-maskwa

Mar6

deathconstantbeyondlove: Pitikwahanapiwiyin, commonly known as Poundmaker, and adopted son of Crowfoot. He was a Plains Cree chief and peacekeeper who attempted to prevent escalation of violence between his people and white Canadian troops. Spent seven months in prison following a conviction of treason based upon a letter written by Louis Riel. Died at the age of 44 from a lung hemorrhage, and now buried at the Poundmaker Reservation in Saskatchewan.

deathconstantbeyondlove:

Pitikwahanapiwiyin, commonly known as Poundmaker, and adopted son of Crowfoot. He was a Plains Cree chief and peacekeeper who attempted to prevent escalation of violence between his people and white Canadian troops. Spent seven months in prison following a conviction of treason based upon a letter written by Louis Riel. Died at the age of 44 from a lung hemorrhage, and now buried at the Poundmaker Reservation in Saskatchewan.

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168 notes #poundmaker #crowfoot #plains cree #cree #chief poundmaker #louis riel #aboriginal #first nations #canada #prairies #native #Pitikwahanapiwiyin #Assiniboine #Alberta #saskatchewan #Canadian history #peacemakers

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A recent public opinion poll on Aboriginal issues revealed some disturbing, but not surprising results—at least for Aboriginal people: two thirds of those polled believe that Aboriginal peoples receive too much support from Canadian taxpayers; two thirds believe that Aboriginal peoples are treated well by the federal government (74% in Saskatchewan and Manitoba); and 60% nationally believe that most of the problems faced by native peoples are brought on by themselves (76% in Saskatchewan and Manitoba). IPOS Reid, the market research company that conducted the survey, should have done another poll, one that asked a simple question: Why do the majority of Canadians know so little about their own history? The recent poll demonstrates just how ignorant and uneducated many Canadians are when it comes to understanding Aboriginal peoples, and especially understanding the meaning of Aboriginal rights.
the white paper and The Idle No More movement | dale turner (via aboriginalpressnews)

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The Province we never were. →

“The Province of Buffalo was a proposal for the creation of a new Canadian province in the early 1900s. Its main proponent was Sir Frederick Haultain, the premier of the North-West Territories. However Haultain’s frosty relations with then-prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier did not help his cause, and the proposed province was divided into Alberta in the west, and Saskatchewan in the east in 1905.”

(Source: jonathandandelion)

18 notes #alberta #Canada #provinces #saskatchewan #prairies #buffalo

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The Prairie Dry Belt Disaster: “Situated in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, the prairie dry belt was originally intended as a ranching preserve. Under insistent pressure from promoters and settlers, and blessed by dry farming “experts,” the region was unwisely opened for HOMESTEADING by the Dominion. After the 1908-12 land rush, the dry belt yielded freakish, mammoth harvests in 1915 and 1916. Then DROUGHT struck with fury. In the worst-hit subregions, mostly in Alberta, not a crop of consequence was reaped until 1927. Combined with other postwar farm ills, these troubles spelled calamity.”

The Prairie Dry Belt Disaster: “Situated in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, the prairie dry belt was originally intended as a ranching preserve. Under insistent pressure from promoters and settlers, and blessed by dry farming “experts,” the region was unwisely opened for HOMESTEADING by the Dominion. After the 1908-12 land rush, the dry belt yielded freakish, mammoth harvests in 1915 and 1916. Then DROUGHT struck with fury. In the worst-hit subregions, mostly in Alberta, not a crop of consequence was reaped until 1927. Combined with other postwar farm ills, these troubles spelled calamity.”

4 notes #homesteading #prairies #alberta #saskatchewan #drought #depression

Apr10

“Though its roots trace back to the rural prairies in 1883, Canada first met Beaver Lumber in 1906, when more than a dozen Saskatchewan and Manitoba were supply stores were renamed and rebranded. Nearly 70 years later, in 1972, Beaver Lumber was bought out by brewing giant Molson, who held the chain and its 130 stores for more than 25 years.”

“Though its roots trace back to the rural prairies in 1883, Canada first met Beaver Lumber in 1906, when more than a dozen Saskatchewan and Manitoba were supply stores were renamed and rebranded. Nearly 70 years later, in 1972, Beaver Lumber was bought out by brewing giant Molson, who held the chain and its 130 stores for more than 25 years.”

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