Father Lacombe
- Have you ever wondered what was happening many years ago? Between 1830 and 1870 the Hudson’s Bay Company and the American fur traders wanted buffalo hides for trading and in 1875 about 75 000 hides were shipped to eastern Canada. During the 1870s there were about 35 000 First Nations people living in western Canada. In 1879 most of the buffalo disappeared because the fur traders and First Nations used them all up. In this time, most of the treaties were being signed that asked if the government and the settlers could use some of the First Nations people’s land. The First Nations were promised a number of things like farming equipment, seeds, farm animals and reserved land {two and a half square kilometers per family}. Also the First Nations people had permission to hunt and fish.
Facts about Father Lacombe’s Life
Wondering about Father Lacombe? Here it is… Father Albert Lacombe was born in Quebec. When he was still young he wanted to be a missionary. In 1849 he went to Manitoba, in the 1870s he encouraged the Cree and Blackfoot people to sign treaties. In the 1880s he worked with his friend Chief Crowfoot to keep peace between the Native people and European people in Alberta. Later in Father Lacombe’s life he became a Missionary. Father Lacombe was born on February 28th 1827 and sadly died on December 12 1916 {he was 91 when he died.}
Change Maker
Is Father Lacombe a change maker? Read and find out Father Lacombe was a change maker because he started some schools. Father Lacombe wanted all native children to learn the skills they needed when they could no longer live on buffalo. Father Lacombe helped the Metis with becoming good farmers and helped them with settlement.
Father Lacombe’s Values
Father Lacombe valued learning because he learned from his past. Father Lacombe valued experiences because he had lots of great adventures. Father Lacombe valued travel because he traveled to many different places.
References
Our Alberta book pages: 138, 139,140
Wikipedia
Ordinary people from the past page 54