Thursday, May 09, 2019

Chief Poundmaker, wrongly convicted of treason-felony in 1885, to be exonerated by Trudeau

PM set to visit Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan on May 23

More than 130 years after he was convicted of treason following a battle with Canadian troops in what is now Saskatchewan, Chief Poundmaker is going to be exonerated by the federal government. (Submitted/CBC)
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. 
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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