What is Pitikwahanapiwiyin?
[[File:Poundmaker.png|thumbnail|{{center|Poundmaker (Pitikwahanapiwiyin)}}]] '''Pitikwahanapiwiyin''' was a [[Native American]] leader. Born in 1842 near Battleford Saskatchewan. He was a [[Tribal chief|chief]] of the plains [[Cree]] tribe. He was known to English speakers as Chief Poundmaker.<ref>''Saskatchewan First Nations: Lives Past and Present'', ed. Christian Thompson (Regina, SK: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2004), p. 108</ref> He helped end a long war between the two nations; the Cree and the [[Blackfoot]].<ref name=Lennox>Doug Lennox, ''Now You Know Canada's Heroes'' (Toronto : Dundurn Press, ©2009), p. 128</ref> To seal the [[peace]] between the two tribes he became the [[Adoption|adopted]] son of the Blackfoot chief [[Crowfoot]].<ref name=Lennox/> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Native American people]] {{bio-stub}}