AhtahKahkoup (Star Blanket)
N 53° 17.857 W 107° 03.307
13U E 363039 N 5907348
This is located in the Regional Park at town of Shell Lake. To see this you may have to pay a small fee to enter the regional park. It is located near the beach.
Waymark Code: WMFEZK
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 10/08/2012
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This cairn was placed in 1965 and shares with another notable First Nation friend of Star Blanket, Mistiwasis (Big Child).
AhtahKahkoup (Star Blanket)
AhtahKahkoup was a leading chief of the Northern Cree, he was one of the principal signatories to Treaty 6. The treaty signed in 1896 at Fort Carlton he selected a reserve at Sandy Lake where a mission of the Church of England had been established two years previously. Rev. J. Hines the founder of the mission wrote of his friend, "I have no hesitation in saying, A better Indian Never Roamed the Plains," Mourned by all who new him, this pioneer statesman died in 1896 of an age over eighty.
Marker type: Cairn
Marker placement date: Not listed
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