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As a leader, Maskepetoon was respected for his skill as a hunter, his generosity and his wisdom. He was considered a lucky chief, a man who found buffalo on the edge of the plains, who avoided unnecessary conflicts with enemies but protected his camp like a mother grizzly her cubs. And in the turbulent mid-1800s, thats exactly the kind of leader the Rocky Mountain Cree needed. Maskepetoon followed his own inclinations for peace and friendship. He formed allegiances with missionaries and guided settlers through the Rockies. Yet if necessary he could kill with impunity, rule with an iron hand and show no mercy where he believed none should be shown. He transformed his people from woodland trappers to buffalo hunters and from woodsmen to prairie dwellers, always keeping their interests at heart. Hugh A. Dempseys account of the legendary chief and his life includes insights from the Cree people of today, including descendants of Maskepetoon, and new information on the chief of...

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About the Author

Hugh A. Dempsey is an author, historian and researcher. He is the former associate director of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, and is currently its chief curator emeritus. He also is editor of the quarterly Alberta History .

Dempsey holds a number of honours, including the Order of Canada, an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary, an honorary chieftainship of the Blood tribe, the SirFrederickHaultain Award for Excellence, an Alberta Booksellers Award, an Alberta Non-Fiction Award and a life membership in the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede.

Dempsey is the author of nineteen books on western Canadian history and has edited another seventeen. He has written nine monographs and more than two hundred articles for periodicals, books and newspapers. He is a well-known lecturer and specialist on the history of the Native peoples of western Canada and the early history of Alberta.

Among the books he has written are Crowfoot: Chief of the Blackfeet ; The Golden Age of the Canadian Cowboy ; Calgary: Spirit of the West ; Charcoal's World ; Big Bear: The End of Freedom ; Treasures of the Glenbow Museum ; Firewater: The Impact of the Whisky Trade on the Blackfoot Nation ; Christmas in the West ; and The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories.

Hugh is married to Pauline (ne Gladstone) of the Blood tribe, and they have five children, eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pauline and Hugh celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary in 2010.

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Dempsey, Hugh A. The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories. Calgary: Fifth House Publishers, 1994.

_____. A Blackfoot Winter Count. Calgary: Glenbow Foundation, 1965.

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_____. The Original Journal of Charles Larpenteur: My Travels to the Rocky Mountains between 1833 and 1872. Edited by Michael M. Casler. Chadron, NE: The Museum Association of the American Frontier, 2007.

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_____. In the Days of the Red River Rebellion. Toronto: William Briggs, 1903.

_____. Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie . Toronto: William Briggs, 1898.

_____. Saddle, Sled and Snowshoe: Pioneering on the Saskatchewan in the Sixties. Toronto: William Briggs, 1896.

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