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CROWFOOT

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Don Mills, ON, 1981.  ISBN 0-88902-238-0.  Former Board of Education Library copy.  Trade soft cover, 64 pages including Further Reading, Credits and Index.  Good plus; wraps show some edge and cover wear, reading and corner creases, a bit of soil and age-spotting; binding sound.  Board of Education stamp and small notation on first page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  Illustrated with black & white maps, drawings and photo reproductions.  Part of The Canadians series.  ‘When Crowfoot was born, in 1830, the Blackfoot Confederacy was a powerful nation of warriors and buffalo-hunters who roamed freely throughout the prairies.  But even as Crowfoot was growing up and earning a reputation for courage and wisdom, the Blackfoot’s way of life was disintegrating. … It was Crowfoot, born to be a warrior but destined to become a peacemaker, who became the Blackfoot’s spokesman in this time of crisis.  Sensing that settlement was inevitable, and committed above all to peace, he encouraged the Blackfoot to cooperate with the government and the NWMP.  He persuaded other chiefs to sign Treaty Number 7, and refrained from supporting the Northwest Rebellion.’ (from rear wrap)

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