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Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
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Cree
First Nations peoples in Canada and northern United States
The Cree are a North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations macro-communities. There are numerous Cree peoples and several nations closely related to the Cree, these being the: Plains Cree,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assiniboine
Indigenous peoples of the northern North American Great Plains
The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people, also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota, are a First Nations/Native American people originally from the Northern Great Plains of North America.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Cut Knife
1885 battle of the North-West Rebellion near Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, during the North-West Rebellion, occurred when a flying column of North-West Mounted Police, Canadian militia, and Canadian regulars attacked a Cree and Assiniboine teepee settlement near Battleford in the North-West Territories'…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
North-West Rebellion
1885 resistance by the Métis and Cree peoples against Canada
The North-West Rebellion, was an armed rebellion of Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising of Cree and Assiniboine mostly in the District of Saskatchewan, against the Canadian government. Important events included the Frog Lake incident, and the capture of Batoche.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 2
Day of the year
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