Crowfoot

Issapóómahksika (Known as "Isapo-muxika")

Head Chief of the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation, Signatory of Treaty 7

Born c. 1830

Belly River Valley (Alberta), Canada

Passed Away Apr 25, 1890 Blackfoot Crossing (Alberta), Canada

Lifespan 60 years old

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"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time."

Archival Overview

Visionary Siksika leader who navigated the extinction of the buffalo, fostered peace with the North-West Mounted Police, and negotiated Treaty 7 in 1877.

Biographical Record

Isapo-muxika, known as Crowfoot, was one of the most respected warrior-statesmen of the Great Plains. Rising to head chief of the Blackfoot Confederacy, he recognized that the encroachment of European settlers and the collapse of bison herds required astute diplomatic pragmatism.

Crowfoot established mutual respect with Colonel James Macleod of the NWMP and led his nation into Treaty 7 in 1877. In his poignant final words, he reflected on life as 'the flash of a firefly in the night, the breath of a buffalo in the winter time'.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Blackfoot Crossing Historic Burial Ground
Cluny (Alberta), Canada

                         GPS: 50.8142, -112.8986                    

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