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The Surrender of Poundmaker to Major-General Middleton at Battleford, Saskatchewan, on May 26, 1885 / Poundmaker rendant les armes au major-général Middleton à Battleford, Saskatchewan, le 26 mai 1885
Date:1887Reference:Accession number: 00002, 1991-274 X DAP, Box number: OP-0125Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2837188Date(s):1887Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 painting : oil on canvas.
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Platemark x cmLanguage of material:no languageAdditional name(s):Additional information:General note:Poundmaker (Pihtokahanapiwiyin) was born around 1842 in the Battleford area. His mother was a mixed-blood Cree, sister of Chief Mistawasis. He was adopted by Chief Crowfoot, a Blackfoot, thereby creating family ties between two nations. He and his people settled on a reserve about forty miles west of Battleford soon after signing Treaty 6. In 1885, Poundmaker, with members of his band, traveled to Battleford to ask for rations. When they arrived, they found the community deserted and helped themselves to supplies. In response, Lieutenant-Colonel William Otter and 325 troops were sent to Cut Knife Creek, where Poundmaker and his followers were encamped. On May 2, 1885, the Battle of Cut Knife Hill took place. At one point, Otter's men were forced to withdraw. When Poundmaker heard of Louis Riel's defeat at Batoche, he surrendered and was imprisoned. Poundmaker was tried and convicted of treason in Regina, and sentenced to serve three years at Stony Mountain Penitentiary (Man.). He died in 1886 from poor health.
The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance) was a five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by the Métis and their First Nations allies.Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableExhibitions note:Exhibition title: unknown. Curators: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1966.02.14 - 1966.02.17., Exhibition Title: The Painted Past. Curator: Staff of the National Archives, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1984.10.02 - 1984.10.31.
Further Venue: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; 1987.04.10 - 1987.06.07.
Further Venue: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1987.07.08 - 1988.01.03.
Further Venue: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1989.06.01 - 1989.07.11, Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Vast New Lands- Canada's Northwest. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.11.25 -2007.08.29.
Further Venue: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 2006.11.25-2007.01.21.
Further Venue: Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta; 2007.02.17 - 2007.04.15.
Further Venue: RCMP Heritage Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan; 2007.06.30-2007.08.29.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in brushpoint and brown paint, recto, l.l.: R.W. Rutherford/'87; the original frame, no longeron the picture, once covered a strip of canvas approximately 6.5 cm high along the bottom, on which are numerous signatures below a ruled border: RWR/RWRutherford/R.W. Rutherford/RWP...[sic]; in brushpoint and brown paint, verso, c.: Poundmaker's/last/Pow-wow.; verso, l.r.: R.W. Rutherford./The Citadel./QuebecContainer note(s):C-002769 : paintingVarying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:00002
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Physical access to be given through an art archivistBox [1991-274][Consultation Open]OP-0125 Item no. assigned by LAC 2[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1991-274][Consultation Open]C-002769 Item no. assigned by LAC 2[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1991-274-2
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