chief crowfoot
Time Line…
Have you ever wondered what happened in Chief
CrowFoot’s time? So come with me and I’ll take you back in time and let you
find out… During his time when Chief CrowFoot was first made leader, the many
buffalo herds of the plains were giving his Blackfoot tribe their basic needs
like tools, clothing, food, and shelter. When the fur traders came over to
Alberta and started setting fur trade post all around the land things got
harder and easier. Some things got easier because with all the fur trade goods
like metal pots and pans, and wool blankets. Harder because they were losing
hunting grounds, buffalo were disappearing wagon load by wagon load, and new
diseases that had no known cure to the first nations people. After many days of
struggle the Canadian government came over many times for *treaty signings including
treaty seven which was signed in 1877.The agreement was for allowing the
settlers to move onto land but let the first nations have reserved pieces of
land just for them. They also had hunting and fishing rights, but there were
yearly payments for the reserved land.
*Treaty: a contract that is an agreement between two groups, the agreement is often for land.
About Him…
Have you ever wanted to know about Chief Crowfoot? Do you even know about him? Well if you do but you don’t know some things about him this paragraph is good .Chief Crowfoot was born in 1830 and died on the 25th of April 1890 at a BlackFoot crossing. He died of a disease called Tuberculosis. He lived approximately 60 years. His parents were Istwun-en’pata and Axkahp-say-pi .Before he became chief he was known as BearGhost. Chief Crowfoot was also a warrior and he fought in 19 battles. When he became a warrior his tribe had an arch enemy. That tribes name was Crow. Chief Crowfoot became chief, one day when he was out and about he noticed one of the crow tipis had a sacred sign to the Blackfoots. In his rage he ran to the tipi and struck the symbol with his spear, during that he was shot in the arm with an arrow. That was how he earned his chief name Crowfoot. He was chief of the tribe called the Big Pipes. One day he was invited to visit Ottawa, during his travels he fell ill with Tuberculosis.
The Change He Made…
Did you know that Chief Crowfoot was a change maker? Did you even know he was a change maker? Well if you don’t I bet you want to know now. So if you do want to read on, if you don’t you might as well skip ahead to the next paragraph .If it wasn’t for Chief Crowfoot, life could be very different from it is now. If he didn’t encourage the Blackfoot people to sign the treaties, there could have been no railroad to join the country! Also the settlers who did come would probably have to face wars with the aboriginal people until they went back to where they came from, and since there was no railroad or settlers here in western Canada… well western Canada wouldn’t even be part of Canada! With that change of history we would probably be in London or somewhere else in England! And that’s why Chief Crowfoot is a change maker.
His Values…
Chief Crowfoot had three values Courage, Loyalty, and Traditions. He valued Courage because he had a lot of Courage to realize and say to his Blackfoot followers that the age of the buffalo was over and they had to move on to survive and sign the treaties so they would not get into battles they could not win and could destroy his people. He also valued Loyalty because he had to trust his Blackfoot followers to stay loyal to him when they were signing the treaties and remain neutral during the rebellion so they wouldn’t break out into battle. His last value was Traditions because when he was a warrior and was on a *raid he saw a sacred Blackfoot sign on one of the enemy tipis and made him angry that someone had not respected the Blackfoot traditions and he attacked and demolished the sign on the tipi.
* Raid: A small group of people that go to secretly attack another larger group of people undetected.
References
Wikipiedia,
The Canadians Crowfoot by Carlotta Hacker, Our Alberta book 2.
*Treaty: a contract that is an agreement between two groups, the agreement is often for land.
About Him…
Have you ever wanted to know about Chief Crowfoot? Do you even know about him? Well if you do but you don’t know some things about him this paragraph is good .Chief Crowfoot was born in 1830 and died on the 25th of April 1890 at a BlackFoot crossing. He died of a disease called Tuberculosis. He lived approximately 60 years. His parents were Istwun-en’pata and Axkahp-say-pi .Before he became chief he was known as BearGhost. Chief Crowfoot was also a warrior and he fought in 19 battles. When he became a warrior his tribe had an arch enemy. That tribes name was Crow. Chief Crowfoot became chief, one day when he was out and about he noticed one of the crow tipis had a sacred sign to the Blackfoots. In his rage he ran to the tipi and struck the symbol with his spear, during that he was shot in the arm with an arrow. That was how he earned his chief name Crowfoot. He was chief of the tribe called the Big Pipes. One day he was invited to visit Ottawa, during his travels he fell ill with Tuberculosis.
The Change He Made…
Did you know that Chief Crowfoot was a change maker? Did you even know he was a change maker? Well if you don’t I bet you want to know now. So if you do want to read on, if you don’t you might as well skip ahead to the next paragraph .If it wasn’t for Chief Crowfoot, life could be very different from it is now. If he didn’t encourage the Blackfoot people to sign the treaties, there could have been no railroad to join the country! Also the settlers who did come would probably have to face wars with the aboriginal people until they went back to where they came from, and since there was no railroad or settlers here in western Canada… well western Canada wouldn’t even be part of Canada! With that change of history we would probably be in London or somewhere else in England! And that’s why Chief Crowfoot is a change maker.
His Values…
Chief Crowfoot had three values Courage, Loyalty, and Traditions. He valued Courage because he had a lot of Courage to realize and say to his Blackfoot followers that the age of the buffalo was over and they had to move on to survive and sign the treaties so they would not get into battles they could not win and could destroy his people. He also valued Loyalty because he had to trust his Blackfoot followers to stay loyal to him when they were signing the treaties and remain neutral during the rebellion so they wouldn’t break out into battle. His last value was Traditions because when he was a warrior and was on a *raid he saw a sacred Blackfoot sign on one of the enemy tipis and made him angry that someone had not respected the Blackfoot traditions and he attacked and demolished the sign on the tipi.
* Raid: A small group of people that go to secretly attack another larger group of people undetected.
References
Wikipiedia,
The Canadians Crowfoot by Carlotta Hacker, Our Alberta book 2.