 Photographic portrait of Crowfoot, Head Chief of the Blackfoot Image by Alex Ross, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
CrowfootCrowfoot Crowfoot First Nations chief in Canada (1830–1890) For other uses, see Crowfoot (disambiguation). Crowfoot (c. 1830 – 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika (Blackfoot: Issapóómahksika; syllabics: ᖱᓭᑲᒉᖽᐧᖿᖷ lit. 'Crow-big-foot')[1][2] was a chief of the Siksika. His father, Istowun-ehʼpata (Packs a Knife), and mother, Axkahp-say-pi (Attacked Towards Home), were Kainai. He was five years old when Istowun-ehʼpata was killed during a raid on the Crow tribe, and, a year later, his mother remarried to Akay-nehka-simi (Many Names) of the Siksika people among whom he was brought up.[3] Crowfoot was a warrior who fought in as many as nineteen battles and sustained many injuries, but he tried to obtain peace instead of warfare. Crowfoot is well known for his involvement in Treaty… (Source: Wikipedia)
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