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Piapot (Payepot) was born to a Cree mother and an Assiniboine father in 1816. He would lead his people in the last major inter-tribal engagement between the Cree and the Blackfoot on the Oldman River (Alta.) in 1870. Piapot made his home in the Qu'Appelle Valley (Sask.). Piapot was not present in 1874, when Treaty 4 was negotiated and signed. He met with Treaty Commissioner William Christie to seek guarantees that he would receive mills, farm instructors, tools, and medical assistance. He signed an adhesion to Treaty 4 in 1875 but many of the terms Piapot believed he had negotiated would not appear until Treaty 6. He died on his reserve in 1908.
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.

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Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in ink, recto l.l.: PI-A-POT / from phot. by J.A. Brock & Co. 1885 / loaned by Maj d'Orsonnens, JS(overlapping) 1917. ; in pencil, verso l.r. [upside-down]: JFK / 10/4/26