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Cypress Hills Massacre
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Cypress Hills Massacre
Who
- American and Canadian traders and a camp of Nakoda People
- June 1st 1873
Where?
What Happened?
- When traders and some wolf hunetrs scattered a Nakoda camp killing atleast 20 men, women and children
- Trader's horse went missing and he blames the Nakoda
- They were intoxicated and when they tried to negotiate they began to fight
Prevailing Attitudes
- Brought the whiskey trade to attention of eastern candians
- Canadian public called for an end of the lawlessness in the Prairies
- Americans thought that it was American frontier men facing the hostile savages while the Canadians believed that it was an attack by Americans on the innocent natives
- Federal government already passed a bill to establish a police force on the west and the massacre forced the governemnt to begin recruitment
Thank You!
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