Pitikwahanapiwiyin

Pitikwahanapiwiyin, often Poundmaker, (* around 1842 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan; † July 4, 1886 in Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta ), was an influential chief of the River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak ), the eastern sub-group of Plains Cree. His followers consisted mainly of Plains River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak - paskwāwiyiniwak ), a group of the River Cree, Woods River Cree and ( Sīpīwininiwak - sakāwiyiniwak ), Western Woodland Cree ( Sakāwiyiniwak ) and Stoney.

He was the son of Sikakwayan, a shaman of the Stoney, and his wife, a Métis. Pitikwahanapiwiyin 1873 by Isapo - Muxika ( Crowfoot ), the chief of the Siksika, a tribal group of Blackfoot, adopted as its own son had been killed in battle. He was involved in the negotiations of the 6th Canadian Reservation Treaty ( Treaty No. 6) in 1876 and 1879 went with his followers to the reservation, the Poundmaker Reserve. Later he was involved during the Northwest Rebellion in the siege of Battleford and the Battle of Cut Knife.