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Crowfoot

Siksika chief · c. 1830-1890

Isapo-Muxika signed Treaty 7 and kept the Blackfoot out of the 1885 fighting.

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Life story

1. c. 1830 · Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta
   Born in Blackfoot territory in what is now southern Alberta
2. 1874 · Fort Macleod, Alberta
   Welcomed the Mounted Police for ending the whisky trade
3. September 22, 1877 · Blackfoot Crossing
   Signed Treaty 7 at Blackfoot Crossing for the Siksika
4. 1885 · Blackfoot Crossing
   Refused to join the North-West Resistance despite pressure from both sides
5. April 25, 1890 · Blackfoot Crossing
   Died at Blackfoot Crossing

In the timeline

• 1871 — Treaty 1 and the numbered treaties
• 1874 — The March West
• 1877 — Treaty 7

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Crowfoot
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia