Crowfoot
Chief
Crowfoot was named Isapo-Muxika and was born in 1830 amid
the Kainai nation. He was appointed Astohkomi at birth.
When he was only 5 years old, his father was killed by
Ravens. His mother remarried to a man of the Siksika
Nation, and was renamed Kyi-i-staah and later received the
name of his father.
After proving
his value in battle and especially during an attack against the
Ravens when he struck a tipi, he finally received his adult name,
Isapo-Muxika, which had been worn by one of his ancestors, he
continued to be respected and participated in 19 fights and was
wounded six times before the age of 20 years old, including a
gunshot wound and the bullet was never removed. He is also known to
have killed a grizzly with a spear.
Once adult,
Isapo-Muxika forsook the war to engage in breeding horses. In 1865,
after the death of the leader of his tribe, No-okskatos, he became a
minor chief in the tribe and headed a band of about twenty huts. His
band was originally known as the Big Pipes, but was renamed
Moccasins. Isapo-Muxica forged himself a good reputation among white
and half cast people up to provide them with assistance and convince
the rest of his tribe not to attack convoys.
An
outbreak of smallpox in 1869 and 1870 was due to several Blackfoot
chiefs and Isapo-Muxika thus became one of the three main leaders.
His son was killed in a raid against the Crees. In 1872, there were
only two leaders left: Natosapi and him . He launched a major
offensive attack against the Crees in which a Cree warrior was
killed. This is the last achievement of Isapo-Muxika who made peace
with the Crees thereafter. Moreover, he met a Cree ,
Pitikwahanapiwiyin who looked like his son and he decided to adopt it
and gave him the name Makoyi-koh-kin. He later became chief of his
nation.
In 1873, during negotiations for the signing of Treaty 7 between the Crown and several indigenous nations including the Blackfeet, Isapo-Muxika was seen as an ally and played an important role. However, once his tribe was placed in a reserve, it discouraged them to rise against the Canadian government, but it still prevented him from taking part in the Northwest Rebellion in 1885, seeing that the battle was already lost.
Isapo Muxika died on April 25th, 1890 near Blackfoot Crossing, in Alberta, from a disease he had suffered for the last ten years of his life.
In 1873, during negotiations for the signing of Treaty 7 between the Crown and several indigenous nations including the Blackfeet, Isapo-Muxika was seen as an ally and played an important role. However, once his tribe was placed in a reserve, it discouraged them to rise against the Canadian government, but it still prevented him from taking part in the Northwest Rebellion in 1885, seeing that the battle was already lost.
Isapo Muxika died on April 25th, 1890 near Blackfoot Crossing, in Alberta, from a disease he had suffered for the last ten years of his life.
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