Chief Poundmaker

• Chief Poundmaker’s pipe, saddle returning from Royal Ontario Museum to family

  The Toronto-based museum is transferring a pipe and a saddle that belonged to Chief Poundmaker back to members of his family.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2023
  
• Parks Canada returns Chief Poundmaker’s staff to family

  Parks Canada has transferred a staff ascribed to Chief Poundmaker from a collection of historical objects under the agency's care.

  Canada

  May 4, 2022
  
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• Poundmaker Cree Nation scholar wins $105K to rethink the education system

  A PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal, Alexandra Nordstrom has been awarded a $105,000 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

  Features

  Aug 7, 2020
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• Justin Trudeau exonerates Saskatchewan chief of historic treason conviction

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vindicated Chief Poundmaker during a ceremony at the reserve in Saskatchewan that bears his name - Poundmaker Cree Nation.

  Canada

  May 23, 2019
• Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Chief Poundmaker exoneration

  Milton Tootoosis has been part of an effort that he says has spanned years to press Ottawa to exonerate Chief Poundmaker.

  Canada

  May 20, 2019
• When a painful controversy comes for your favourite computer game

  Matt Gurney says he learned a lot about history from the computer game Civilization. The controversy over including Chief Poundmaker and the Cree in the latest version of the game provides a lesson about cultural appropriation.

  Commentary

  Jan 10, 2018
• Poundmaker Cree Nation concerned about being featured in popular video game

  Poundmaker Cree Nation is concerned about how a company unaffiliated with their community will profit from their stories and iconic figures.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2018
• Group pushes to have Chief Poundmaker exonerated for treason conviction

  A group says Chief Poundmaker was a peacemaker and should be pardoned for his treason conviction in the Northwest Resistance.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2017
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• Sask. artist wins prestigious international snow carving competition

  One local snow sculptor is bringing Saskatchewan’s history and culture to an international audience.

  Mar 10, 2016