The campaign to pardon Chief Poundmaker, convicted of treason in 1885, seems simple: collect signatures on a petition, lobby the federal government, wipe his record clean. The end. But pardoning ...

For the first time since 1885, some of Chief Poundmaker's belongings are coming home to Saskatchewan. Poundmaker was a 19th-century Plains Cree leader who was convicted of treason and imprisoned ...

Chief Poundmaker was convicted of "treason-felony" in 1885, even though he prevented the slaughter of hundreds of federal troops. Organizers of a new art exhibit on the Poundmaker Cree Nation hope it ...

CALGARY—On a grassy hill at Blackfoot Crossing in 1967, five-year-old Milton Tootoosis watched as the bones of legendary Cree Chief Poundmaker were exhumed from Alberta’s soil. It was a solemn, ...

POUNDMAKER FIRST NATION — Residents of a First Nation near Battleford want their band’s namesake exonerated once and for all. Poundmaker’s descendants are working to set the historical record straight ...

CALGARY—On a grassy hill at Blackfoot Crossing in 1967, five-year-old Milton Tootoosis watched as the bones of legendary Cree Chief Poundmaker were exhumed from Alberta’s soil. It was a solemn, ...

Century old artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper were returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum. After months ...

History has judged Pîhtokahanapiwiyin, widely known as Chief Poundmaker, as a peaceful man who tried to stop violence while still defending his people. But during his lifetime, he was tried for ...

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While many elders and people in the region consider Poundmaker a peacemaker, history has painted him as a traitor Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign ...

A recent exhibit, curated by Concordia art history graduate student Alexandra Nordstrom, honoured the important legacy of Chief Poundmaker in the Saskatchewan First Nations community that bears his ...

Canada’s Plains Cree and Chief Poundmaker have been included in the newest edition of a popular video game series, but one elected official from the Saskatchewan First Nation considers it cultural ...