deaths
July 4, 1886
Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (born 1797)
Poundmaker
Poundmaker, also known as pîhtokahânapiwiyin, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people, the Poundmaker Cree Nation. His name denotes his special craft at leading buffalo into buffalo pounds (enclosures) for harvest.