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Roy Little Chief
Roy Little Chief (August 26, 1938 – June 11, 2020) was a Canadian Siksika elder and former Chief of the Siksika Nation from 1981 to 1983. He was a longtime activist for the rights of First Nations and indigenous people in Canada. Biography Roy Little Chief was born in the Blackfoot Hospital on the Siksika Nation of southern Alberta on August 26, 1938. His maternal grandfather, Eagle Rib, another former Siksika Nation Chief, had signed Treaty 7 in 1877. Little Chief attended residential schools at Crowfoot-Blackfoot and Erminskin-Hobbema, as well as St. Thomas College in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He began working with the Indian Association of Alberta in the late 1960s. Roy Little Chief publicly opposed the 1969 White Paper, proposed by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, which proposed, among other things, eliminating of separate legal status for First Nations in Canada. The White Paper was withdrawn in 1970 due to widespread opposition from First Nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siksika
The Siksika Nation ( bla, Siksiká) is a First Nation in southern Alberta, Canada. The name ''Siksiká'' comes from the Blackfoot words ''sik'' (black) and ''iká'' (foot), with a connector ''s'' between the two words. The plural form of ''Siksiká'' is ''Siksikáwa''. The ''Siksikáwa'' are the northernmost of the ''Niitsítapi'' (Original People), all of whom speak dialects of Blackfoot, an Algonquian language. When European explorers travelled west, they most likely met the ''Siksiká'' first. The four ''Niitsítapi'' nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy are the ''Siksiká'', ''Káínaa'' (Kainai or Blood), ''Aapátohsipikáni'' (Northern Peigan), and ''Aamsskáápipikani'' (South Peigan or Montana Blackfoot). The approximate population of the Siksika Nation, as of 2009, is 6,000 people."Oki (Welcome)". ''Official Website of the Siksika Nation.'' 2009 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |