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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Chamberlin, J. Edward, 1943-     Subjects     First Nations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.     First Nations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.     Métis -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.     Métis -- Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.     Fort Macleod (Alta.) -- History.     Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.     Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.     Canada -- History -- 1867-1914.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chamberlin, J. Edward, 1943-       by title:      The banker and the B...       by call number:      971.202 C443b     Search the Web     Chamberlin, J. Edward, 1943-     First Nations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.     First Nations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.     Métis -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.     Métis -- Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.     Fort Macleod (Alta.) -- History.     Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.     Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.     Canada -- History -- 1867-1914.       MARC Display

The banker and the Blackfoot : a memoir of my grandfather in Chinook Country / J. Edward Chamberlin. by Chamberlin, J. Edward, 1943- Alfred A. Knopf Canada, c2016. Call #: 971.202 C443b Subjects First Nations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.   First Nations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.   Métis -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.   Métis -- Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.   Fort Macleod (Alta.) -- History.   Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.   Canada, Western -- History -- 20th century.   Canada -- History -- 1867-1914. ISBN:  9780345810014 (hc.) Description:  391 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "In this memoir of his beloved grandfather, Ted Chamberlin conjures up vividly a particular time and place soon after Canada was founded, when "Sorreltop Jack" was friends with Crop Eared Wolf; of two decades, 1885 to 1905, when the people in the foothills of modern-day Alberta - First Nation and Métis, rancher and settler - respectfully set out to accommodate Blackfoot sovereignty and new settlement, before Canada broke its Treaty promises to the first peoples. It was a colourful, unpredictable time. Fort Macleod was a small ramshackle town nestled in the heart of Blackfoot territory when young Jack Cowdry arrived and met Crop Eared Wolf - the legendary Káínai (Blood) warrior, brilliant horseman and sophisticated strategist, who would soon succeed his father, the great statesman Red Crow, as head chief of the Bloods. Jack opened his first bank and fell in love with the author's grandmother, Gussie Thompson, who travelled across the country to work as a teacher, her heart open to whatever adventures life could offer her. The new town embraced it all - Sun Dances and social dances, bibles and medicine bundles, horse races and polo matches, and a wild variety of great characters. We meet Madame Kanouse (Natawista), admired for both her influential intelligence and her stunning fashion sense; Kamoose Taylor, hospitable patron of the Macleod Hotel - where Francis Dickens, son of the great novelist Charles, or the Sundance Kid himself might be found at the bar; the taciturn Jerry Potts, unequaled Métis guide and interpreter; John Ware, successful Black rancher; and Peigan chief Big Swan, irreverent co-conspirator with Jack Cowdry on the satirical newspaper The Outlaw."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 971.202 C443b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 971.202 C443b Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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