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Originally Posted by Bigrib
Nez Perce in Alberta ?
Yes quite a number ( 171 is mentioned and then 290 , not sure which is correct ) made it across the medicine line into Saskatchewan
as the Nez Perce War of 1877 came to an end . Some settled in Alberta near Brocket .
The whole Nez Perce War , the background of it all just makes one shake their head at how the USA managed to treat badly every single tribe they came across .
http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1362 |
Thanks for posting. Interesting story. I am glad these snippets of time are recorded. The US was brutal towards FN. The USA's mandate was to exterminate. Bounties for scalps big or small. Canadians in the east were just as bad at times too.
Gov. Charles Lawrence of Nova Scotia called for scalping in 1756 against the Micmac and other Indians. His proclamation said:
"And, we do hereby promise, by and with the consent of His Majesty’s Council, a reward of 30 pounds for every live male Indian prisoner, above the age of sixteen years, brought in alive; or for a scalp of such male Indian twenty-five pounds, and twenty-five pounds for every Indian woman or child brought in alive: Such rewards to be paid by the Officer commanding at any of His Majesty’s Forts in this Province, immediately upon receiving the Prisoners or Scalps above mentioned, according to the intent and meaning of this Proclamation."
Supposedly this proclamation is still on the books in Canada too. In 2008 a motion to reverse it did not pass. The government said the proclamation is no longer in effect.
I remember reading that in Montreal the french had rewards for english scalps too.