CNHS Cypress Hills Massacre National Site, Le Massacre de Cypress Hills
N 49° 33.060 W 109° 52.133
12U E 581815 N 5489325
This is a short walk from Fort Walsh. A bus would normally take tourists to this site during the open season. Steep hills are involved to access this place.
Waymark Code: WMX2ZR
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
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Cypress Hills Massacre/ Le Massacre de Cypress Hills
Here, on June 1, 1873, American wolf hunters attacked a camp of Nakoda First Nation, resulting in the massacre of Elders, warriors, women, and children. This hastened the dispatch of the North-West Mountain Police and led to one of the first major tests of Canada's law enforement policies in the West. Although the Mounties efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice were unsuccessful, they convinced First Nations of the impartiality of the Force and the government it represented. The memory of the massacre and of their fallen ancestors reinforces the connection between the Nakoda people and these lands they hold sacred.
Ici le 1er juin 1873, des chasseurs de loup américains attaquèrent un camp de la Première Nation nakoda, entraînant le massacre d'aînés, de guerriers, de femmes et d'enfants. La Police à cheval du Nord-Ouest y fut dépêchée, ce qui constitua l'une des premières occasions de tester les politiques de Canada visant l'application de la loi dans l'Ouest. Même si les efforts déployés pour traduire tous les coupables en justice échouèrent, ils persuadèrent les Premières Nations de l'impartialité de la police et du gouvernement. Le souvenir du massacre et des ancêtres disparus renforce le lien du peuple nakoda avec ces terres qu'il juge sacrées.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission de lieux en monuments historiques du Canada
I want to acknowledge that in Saskatchewan, we are on treaty land.
These treaties serve to govern our relationships with Indigenous
people. We have come together today on Treaty 4 territory, which
is the traditional territory of the Nehiyaw/Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Lakota, Nakota and formerly Blackfoot. We also acknowledge the traditional homeland of the Métis
and honour their contributions.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
Location - City name/Town name: Nearest town is Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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