Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will later this month exonerate a First Nations chief who was wrongly convicted of treason-felony after leading his warriors in battle against Canadian forces in 1885.
Trudeau will exonerate Chief Poundmaker during a May 23 visit to the Saskatchewan First Nation that bears his name, according to local officials and a senior government source.
"It's kind of a 'pinch me' moment because we've always wanted this to happen," said Blaine Favel, a former chief of Poundmaker Cree Nation.
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| KEN MONKMAN POUNDMAKER INTERCEDES |
NOW THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA NEEDS TO EXONERATE THE GREAT METIS LEADER AND COMPATRIOT OF POUNDMAKERS, LOUIS RIEL
I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I WORKED ON THE UNDERGROUND FORMER U OF A SU PAPER THE GATEWAY WHEN THE STAFF TOOK IT OFF CAMPUS DURING A PAPER STRIKE AND RENAMED IT THE POUNDMAKER IN HONOR OF THIS FORGOTTEN HERO OF WESTERN CANADA IT BECAME A COMMUNITY BASED PAPER FOR NUMBER OF YEARS LONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL STRIKERS/OCCUPIERS THOUGHT
ONE OF OUR EDITORS WHO WORKED FOR THE EDMONTON JOURNAL BOB BEAL CO WROTE A HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST REBELLION APPROPRIATELY TITLED PRAIRIE FIRE
AN APOCRYPHAL TALE OF POUNDMAKER NEGOTIATING A TRUCE WITH SAM STEELE OF THE NWMP (RCMP). POUNDMAKER ANNOUNCED HE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE WOMEN ELDERS TO GET THEIR APPROVAL.
STEELE SNORTED THAT POUNDMAKER THE GREAT CHIEF WAS TOLD WHAT TO DO BY SQUAWS
POUNDMAKER REPLIED WITHOUT BLINKING AN EYE AT THE INSULT TO THE ELDERS OF THE TRIBE, YOU ANSWER TO THE GREAT MOTHER ACROSS THE SEA DO YOU NOT.
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