Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

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?

Biography of first treaty Indian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada who was born and raised on the Blood Reserve in Alberta. Includes chapter on the Indian Association of Alberta.

Discover the history of the Indians of Alberta, containing maps of the distribution of tribes and reserves.

Chronicles the life of Crowfoot, the most important chief of the Blackfeet Indians in the 1870s and 1880s.

Biography of famous North-West Mounted Police scout.

This winter count was kept by a Blackfoot named Bad Head and covers the period 1810-1883. A number of references to the Flatheads, Pend d'Oreilles, and Kootenais are included in the events recorded. Battles with Flatheads and Pend d'Oreilles (1812 & 1820) ; treaty with Flatheads and Kootenai (1825) ; other CSKT references (1857 & 1860).