Fort Battleford
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Fort Battleford was the sixth North-West Mounted Police fort to be established in the North-West Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the North-West Rebellion of 1885. It
Fort Battleford National Historic Site
Fort Battleford
A newspaper clipping from December 1885, which closely followed the hangings, suggests that Judge Charles Rouleau, who heard the case, was biased
Poundmaker
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Poundmaker, also known as pîhtokahânapiwiyin, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people, the Poundmaker Cree Nation. His name denotes his special craft at leading buffal
Fort Battleford
…be established in the North-West Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the North-West Rebellion of 1885. It was here Chief Poundmaker was arrested, and where six Cree and two Stoney men were hanged for murders committed in the Frog Lake Massacre and the Looting of Battleford. Its…
Poundmaker and his wife