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Adult Life

Father Albert Lacombe teached Catholicism for a living

Why is he remembered

He was remembered for settling peace between the Cree and Blackfoot

Education

Albert Lacombe studied at the Collège l'Assomption and was ordained priest of the Oblate Order on June 13, 1849

Father Albert Lacombe

Death

Albert Lacombe died in December 12, 1916 in Midnapore

by: Sebastian & Gabriel

What role did he play in the opening west

Early Life

Father Albert Lacombe moved to the west because he was tired of the east, in the west he encountered the Cree he studied their language and he tried to teach them Catholicism but they ignored him

Family

Since his parents were farmers, most of his early life was spent on the family farm. However, he was from an early age highly religious.

Albert Lacombe was an only child of his two parents, Albert Lacombe and Agathe Duhamel

Father Albert Lacombe

Albert Lacombe was commonly known in Alberta as Father Lacombe, he was a French Canadian Roman Catholic missionary who lived among and evangelized the Cree and also visited the Blackfoot First Nations of North Western Canada

Birth

Albert Lacombe was born on February 28 of 1827 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada.

Major Accomplishments

Some of his major accomplishments are negotiating construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through Blackfoot territory, and securing a promise from the Blackfoot leader Crowfoot to refrain from joining the North-West Rebellion of 1885.

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