Poundmaker

A saddlebag of Chief Poundmaker is shown in a handout photo.

The possible presence of unmarked graves near the Poundmaker site was in 2022 with ground-penetrating radar.

There's currently no tipping fee to offload snow and ice at the city's four public locations — Ellerslie, 17th Street, Horsehills and Poundmaker.

EDMONTON -- Help is on the way for Indigenous Albertans seeking addiction treatment after the province announced a $1.4-million investment into Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres.

Though it isn’t in Krasowski’s book, we know that recently Chief Poundmaker was exonerated for his part in the looting of stores at Fort Battleford in the winter of 1884-85 when his starving people couldn’t get the food they were promised.

The company did not respond to interview requests, but it seems likely Chief Poundmaker was chosen for his reputation as a peaceful negotiator.

Big Bear and Poundmaker each were convicted and received a three-year sentence.

During June 1884, the Plains Cree leaders Big Bear citation and Poundmaker citation were independently formulating their complaints, and subsequently held meetings with Riel.

Gabriel Dumont fled to the United States, while Riel, Poundmaker and Big Bear surrendered.