Battle of Cut Knife Hill

Cut Knife, Saskatchewan

Site where an attack during the North-West Rebellion by 300 government troops was repulsed by members of the Poundmaker Cree Nation, led by Pitikwahanapiwiyin

Photo Credit: Contemporary lithograph from "The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News", 1885, by en:Fred Curzon (1862 - 1890). Online at Canadian Military Heritage.

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The battle happened when Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. Who won the battle?

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The battle happened when Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. Who won the battle?

The Warriors The Canadian Forces

Site where an attack during the North-West Rebellion by 300 government troops was repulsed by members of the Poundmaker Cree Nation, led by Pitikwahanapiwiyin

Cut Knife, Saskatchewan

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Photo: Contemporary lithograph from "The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News", 1885, by en:Fred Curzon (1862 - 1890). Online at Canadian Military Heritage.

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