2001 Indian Place Names of the West - Part 1 -


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The most comprehensive listing of Indian Place-Names for the Northwest interior of North America to date. These were lands occupied by the Assiniboin, Beaver, Blackfoot, Chipewyan, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Flathead, Inuit, Kutenai, Nez Perce, Okanaga, Sarcee, Sekani, Shoshone, Shuswap, Sioux, Slavey and Soto. Information on most of these aboriginal Nations are farely foundin print.










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


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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) 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.




Alberta History: THE OLD NORTH TRAIL (Cree Trail), 15,000 Years of Indian History: 1850-1870 Part 1


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A continuation of the history of the Old North Trail (New Mexico to Northwest Territories) for the period 1850-1870 (Part 1, 1850-1860), two decades of great change for the Indian Nations of the Canadian west. While this ushered in the high point of adaptation of Native society to the Ango-European culture, it also set the stage for the Anglo disposession of their lands, properties and rights and the marginalization which continues to this day.




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







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.