Archaeology and prehistory of the Cree peoples in Alberta and Western Canada from 13,000 years ago to 1700 A.D.; 238 pages

A review and analysis of Cree tipis, painted lodges, history, use, and protocols governing use and camps. 163 pictures and photos, 88 painted lodges. 89 pages.

An Index reference to the publication THE WESTERN CREE (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak), Ethnography, the most comprehensice ethnography on the Cree (and Nakoda) Indians and their neighbors to date .

"Jacques was a 'Canadian' --that is a French Canadian or French-speaking Metis from east of Manitoba-- employee of the North West Company ... In 1800 he was at Rocky Mountain House with David Thompson, and was the Cardinal who was one of Thompson's boat crew for some years ..."--Introduction.

History Notes on Archange L'Hirondelle Brissette, c1806-1891, Cree Metis from Lesser Slave Lake; retired Penetanguishan, Ontario. Mixed raw data and narrative history. Genealogy. 156 pag

While most Canadians have heard of the Indian Chiefs Poundmaker, Big Bear and perhaps even Broken Arm (MASKI PITON), Chief PESEW has remained virutally unkown. He is not mentioned in the popular or academic history of the Canadian west or in the Indian history of the west. In fact, western development owes a large debt to Chief PESEW - Louis Joseph Piche. Coming west as a young Voyageur with Peter Pond, Piche eventually rose to become the Head Chief of the Cree/Nakoda alliance in the west, and their allied tribes. His sway reached from Winnipeg to the Pacific, and from Lesser Slave Lake to Wyoming. It is Piche and his followers who "settled" the west, and it is thanks to him that the west was settled peacefully for those who followed. Piche had a large family, and most of the Western Cree chiefs today can trace descent to him. 468 pages.