Fine-Day

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Who is Fine-Day?

Fine Day or Kamiokisihkwew was a Cree war chief of the River People band of Plains Cree. He participated in the North-West Rebellion of 1885.

Described by a contemporary as "brave in all things," he was a skilled warrior, hunter, trapper and a powerful shaman.

Fine Day's memories of the North-West Rebellion were published by the Canadian North-West Historical Society in 1926.

David G. Mandelbaum, in the introduction to his extensive study of the Plains Cree cites Fineday as his principal informant.

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on July 23, 2013

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