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Sweet Grass, Plains Cree Negotiator

Sweetgrass, head Chief of the Cree in St. Boniface, MB

Sweet Grass was the first person to propose measures to save the buffalo from extinction during the Treaty 6 negotiations in 1876. Thanks in part to his efforts, towards the end of 1876 Lieutenant Governor David Laird passed the Ordinance of Protection for the buffalo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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