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Jan 1, 1929 — —· 97 yrs

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Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

Also known as: Hugh A. Dempsey, Hugh Dempsey

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Canadian historian and author specializing in the history of the Blackfoot Confederacy

The white men came to the Green River country early in the Grass Moon.

— from Firewater, 2003

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Big Bear

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Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. Rudy Wiebe, author of a Governor General's Award–winning novel about Big Bear, revisits the life of the eloquent statesman, one of Canada's most important aboriginal leaders.

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Tailfeathers, Indian artist

1970

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Firewater

2003

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Trouble Brewing Life on the frontier can often be brutal. Behind the untamed beauty of the Rockies lurks danger and hardship and harsh conditions that only the strongest can endure. So when Artemis Borke opened a new trading post in Nate King's territory, everyone was delighted, including Touch the Clouds, tribal leader of the neighboring Shoshones. Finally, settlers and Shoshones alike would have access to goods and supplies. Soon, however, things started to go wrong. Borke wasn't just selling trade goods, he was selling liquor, which had severe consequences for the Shoshone warriors and their families. Even worse, Borke started trading with the Crows, selling rifles to the enemies of Touch the Cloud's people. What began as a blessing soon turned into a grave threat. The once-peaceful Shoshone village, torn apart by Borke's firewater, would be an easy target for the bloodthirsty Crows. Will Touch the Clouds, Nate King and his son be able to stop the bloodshed before it's too late?

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