Fine-Day

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Fine Day or Kamiokisihkwew; b. Circa 1852 - d. (unknown - but after 1935) was a Cree war chief of the River People band of Plains Cree. He participated in the North-West Rebellion of 1885 (notably the battle of Cut Knife). Described by a contemporary as "brave in all things," he was a skilled warrior, hunter, trapper and (in later life) a powerful shaman. [1]

Fine-Day's memories of the North West rebellion were published by the Canadian North-West Historical Society in 1926. [2]

David G. Mandelbaum, in the introduction to his extensive study of the Plains Cree cites Fine-Day as his principal informant.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mandelbaum, David G. (1940). The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical and Comparitive Study. New York: Ams Pr Inc.
  2. ^ FINE DAY. Incidents of the Rebellion, as Related by Fine Day (Canadian North-West Historical Society, Publications, vol. 1, number 1, Battleford, Saskatchewan, 1926)

1. Mandelbaum, David G. (1940). The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical and Comparative Study. New York: Ams Pr Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0404156268

2. FINE DAY. Incidents of the Rebellion, as Related by Fine Day (Canadian North-West Historical Society, Publications, vol. 1, number 1, Battleford, Saskatchewan, 1926).


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