Alberta History Jasper National Park: 10,000 Years of Indian History Part 2 - 1750 to 1850


Book Description

This is Volume 2 in a series on the Indian history of Jasper, covering the early historical period of 1750-1850. The human history of Jasper has historically and archaeologically always differed from that of the rest of the province. Such was still the case at the beginnings of this period, though changes were now on the way, as the Cree, Iroquoias, traders and "Freemen" began to push into this moutain fastness. Though no longer isolated, the Jasper area continued to be distinct, with a mixture of a variety of ethnic groups who eventually came to meld and identify largely as Cree.
















Alberta History: West Central Alberta; 13,000 years of Indian History, Pt.3b: 1860


Book Description

A continuation of the History of Central Alberta from 1840-1860 covering the developments of the 1860's. The 1860's were both the apogee of the Plains Indian culture in the west, and the move towards the political and economic growth of the west as a successful Native State. At the same time, it marked a crisis period and the beginning of the end of the west and the First Nations as an independent sovreign people prior to the hostile annexation of the west by Canada.




THE WESTERN CREE (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) MASKI PITON'S BAND (Maskepetoon, Broken Arm) of PLAINS CREE Volume 2 - Post 1860, Appendicies


Book Description

A continuation of the Maski Piton Band history Volume 1, from 1860-1890, with appendicies including organizational and political flow charts, Chieftainships, Kinship, Band population tables, Band membership lists, Social character- istics, range, Cree Forager Culture, butchering techniques, Seasonal band locations/distribution







THE WESTERN CREE (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) Louis Joseph Piche (Chief Pesew) The Founding of a Dynasty


Book Description

While most Canadians have heard of the Indian Chiefs Poundmaker, Big Bear and perhaps even Broken Arm (MASKI PITON), Chief PESEW has remained virutally unkown. He is not mentioned in the popular or academic history of the Canadian west or in the Indian history of the west. In fact, western development owes a large debt to Chief PESEW - Louis Joseph Piche. Coming west as a young Voyageur with Peter Pond, Piche eventually rose to become the Head Chief of the Cree/Nakoda alliance in the west, and their allied tribes. His sway reached from Winnipeg to the Pacific, and from Lesser Slave Lake to Wyoming. It is Piche and his followers who "settled" the west, and it is thanks to him that the west was settled peacefully for those who followed. Piche had a large family, and most of the Western Cree chiefs today can trace descent to him. 468 pages.




HISTORIC POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE BUFFALO LAKE AREA of the Mountain Cree (Revised)


Book Description

A guidebook to historic pre 1900 AD aboriginal points of interest in the Buffalo Lake area of Alberta with special reference to the Mountain Cree history. Suitable for self- guided touring. Covering parts of Lacombe, Ponoka, Camrose and Stettler counties. 110 pages.