The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - Warfare on the Northwest Plains


Book Description

A look at Indian warfare on the Northern Plains since 1600 and the role of the Cree and Assiniboine Indians. Descriptions of the little-known Cree/Assiniboine Warrior Societies and regalia. A comprehensive documenting of battles and casualties for the northern plains tribes. 180pages, numerous photos and illustrations.







The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - Donald Whitford C1840-1927


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The history and life story of Donald Whitford, born in Red River 1840 and settled in Alberta, ahistory of the typical westerner during the timeperiod. On the first cattle drive north of SpanishAmerica, Donald saw and was part of many of the important historic events in the west and associated with many of the well-known historical figures. 178 pages.







The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - Ethnography -


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The most comprehensive compilation of ethnography of the Western Cree. 374 pages. Tribal/Band Structure, membership, burial practices, marriagepatterns, warfare, tipis, cosmology/spirits, naming practices, dress, bows, disease, mortality & starvation, transportation, etc.




The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - the Canoe Cree 1650 - 1770


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It has often been said that the western Cree came into the west in the wake of the Fur Trade to exploit a position as middlemen. Actual history shows the Cree to have been here long before, and to have adapted their historic way of life to takeadvantage of the fur trade - not for profit, butfor novelty. This history looks at the 100 yearsfor which this way of life lasted.







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


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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.




The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - CREE TIPIS


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A review and analysis of Cree tipis, painted lodges, history, use, and protocols governing use and camps. 163 pictures and photos, 88 painted lodges. 89 pages.




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


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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