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Red Crow

Mi’k ai’stoowa (c. 1830 – 28 August 1900), known in English as Red Crow, was a prominent Kainai (Blood) leader and warrior who served as head chief of the Blood tribe from around 1870 until his death, guiding his people amid encroaching European settlement in present-day southern Alberta.^[1]^[2]^[3] Born near the confluence of the St. Mary’s and Oldman rivers, he earned renown as a raider, leading 33 engagements and killing five enemies without sustaining wounds from foes, before shifting toward diplomacy following personal losses, including from smallpox epidemics.^[2]^[1] Red Crow welcomed the North-West Mounted Police in 1874, fostering early cooperation that helped maintain order among the Bloods and distinguished his leadership from more resistant figures in the Blackfoot Confederacy.^[2]^[3] In 1877, he signed Treaty 7 at Blackfoot Crossing, securing a vast reserve—the largest in Canada—for the Kainai and committing to peaceful coexistence under Canadian authority, a decision influenced by his rapport with officials like NWMP Commissioner James Macleod.^[1]^[2]^[3] During the 1885 North-West Rebellion, he rejected calls to join Métis and Cree insurgents, toured eastern Canada as recognition of his loyalty, and centralized authority to curb cattle raiding and internal disorder on the reserve.^[2]^[3] As a pragmatic statesman, Red Crow selected the Blood reserve site in 1880 and promoted adaptation through ranching—amassing over 100 cattle by 1900—farming on a 582-acre plot by 1884, and advocating for education and the reinstatement of cultural practices like the Sun Dance after government bans.^[2]^[1] His efforts preserved Kainai autonomy and economic viability during rapid transition, earning designation as a National Historic Person for balancing tribal pride with realism toward settlement pressures.^[3]^[1]

Early Life and Names

Birth and Family Background

Red Crow, whose Kainai name was Mi'k ai'stoowa, was born circa 1830 near the confluence of the St. Mary's and Oldman rivers in the traditional territory of the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe), now southern Alberta, Canada.^[1]^[4] He belonged to the Fish Eaters band within the Kainai, part of the Blackfoot Confederacy.^[4] The eldest son of Chief Black Bear (Kyiosiksinum), a prominent Kainai leader, and Handsome Woman, Red Crow descended from a lineage of tribal chiefs; his paternal grandfather, Two Suns, had also held leadership positions.^[5]^[6] This chiefly heritage positioned him from birth within the Kainai's warrior and decision-making elite, where familial status influenced opportunities for earning status through raids and council roles.^[5]

Acquisition of Warrior Names

Red Crow, born circa 1830, initially carried the name Captured the Gun Inside, reflecting early familial or childhood associations within Kainai naming customs where initial names often denoted events or traits observed in youth.^[2] In Blackfoot Confederacy traditions, including among the Kainai, warriors progressively acquired new names through demonstrated prowess in raids and battles, with names symbolizing specific exploits such as captures, kills, or tactical feats to honor achievements and inspire respect among the band.^[7] As a young man, Red Crow earned the warrior name Lately Gone (Manistapo) during initial combat engagements, a designation tied to his emerging reputation but one he personally despised and sought to replace.^[8] He transitioned to the prominent name Mi'k ai'stoowa—rendered in English as Red Crow—following his debut war party as a teenager amid the intense intertribal conflicts of the 1840s and 1850s, which pitted Kainai forces against Cree, Crow, Shoshoni, Gros Ventres, and Nez Percé adversaries.^[7] This name change marked his maturation into a recognized fighter, earned through participation in raids that emphasized camp defense, revenge strikes, and resource acquisition like horses.^[7] Over his career, Red Crow amassed a record of 33 raids, personally accounting for five enemy kills, which further entrenched his warrior status and likely influenced additional honorifics such as Sitting White Buffalo, denoting endurance or visionary qualities in battle.^[2] These name acquisitions underscored a causal progression from novice participant to elite combatant, where empirical success in warfare—measured by survivors' counts of tangible gains—dictated prestige and leadership eligibility within the tribe.^[2]

Rise as a Warrior

Initial Raids and Exploits

Red Crow commenced his warrior career in his early teenage years during the 1840s, a decade marked by escalating intertribal conflicts across the northern Plains as Kainai bands vied for hunting territories and horses amid declining buffalo herds.^[7] He earned his adult name, Mi'k ai'stoowa (Red Crow), on his inaugural war expedition, supplanting his disliked initial warrior moniker Manistapo (Lately Gone), which stemmed from a perceived hesitation in prior exploits.^[8]^[2] These early forays honed his skills in reconnaissance, ambush tactics, and close-quarters combat, essential for the hit-and-run raids typical of Blackfoot warfare. Throughout the 1840s and 1850s, Red Crow participated in multiple raids targeting perennial adversaries such as the Crow (Apsáalooke), Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Shoshoni (Snake), Flathead (Salish), and Kootenay (Ktunaxa) peoples, contributing to a personal record that eventually encompassed 33 such engagements before his ascension to leadership.^[2] His boldness in leading charges and capturing enemy firearms and horses garnered him prestige and material wealth, which he often redistributed to less fortunate clansmen, fostering loyalty within the Kainai.^[8] Notably unscathed despite intense skirmishes—attributed by some oral traditions to spiritual protections—Red Crow's initial successes elevated him from a youth of chiefly lineage to a respected combat leader, setting the stage for broader tribal influence.^[9]

Key Military Engagements

Red Crow began participating in warfare as a teenager, accumulating a record of 33 raids primarily against the Crow, Plains Cree, and Assiniboine tribes, which solidified his status as a prominent warrior within the Kainai Nation.^[2]^[10] These expeditions, typical of Blackfoot warfare in the mid-19th century, focused on horse theft, counting coup, and territorial defense rather than large-scale battles, occurring amid ongoing intertribal conflicts in the northern Plains during the 1840s and 1850s.^[7] A notable engagement occurred on October 1871, when Red Crow led approximately 60 Kainai warriors in a raid on a Crow encampment along the Upper Milk River in present-day Montana, demonstrating his continued leadership in offensive operations even as he approached chieftainship.^[7] This action targeted Crow groups encroaching on Blackfoot hunting grounds, reflecting persistent animosities rooted in competition for resources and historical vendettas.^[2] While specific casualties from this raid are not well-documented, it exemplified Red Crow's tactical prowess in small-unit strikes, earning him further acclaim among his people.^[6] Throughout his warrior phase, Red Crow's exploits emphasized mobility and surprise, aligning with Blackfoot traditions of valor through personal bravery rather than attrition warfare, though exact dates and outcomes for most of the 33 raids remain oral histories not fully corroborated in written records.^[2] By the late 1860s, as colonial pressures mounted, he shifted focus from raiding to diplomacy, but his military record influenced his eventual rise to leadership.^[1]

Assumption of Leadership

Succession from Predecessors

Red Crow's ascent to leadership within the Kainai (Blood) tribe occurred amid a devastating smallpox epidemic that claimed several key figures in his family line. His uncle, Peenaquim (Seen From Afar), who had previously succeeded their grandfather Stoo-kya-tosi (Two Suns) as leader of the Mamyowi (Fish Eaters) band, died of smallpox in 1869.^[2] Red Crow's father, Kyiyo-siksinum (Black Bear), assumed the chieftainship briefly thereafter but succumbed to the same disease mere weeks later.^[2]^[11] The band's selection of Red Crow as their new chief followed shortly, around late 1869 or early 1870, aligning with hereditary traditions that favored leadership within his chiefly lineage while accounting for his proven martial prowess—he had by then led 33 raids and recorded five enemy kills.^[2]^[11] This transition positioned him as chief of his specific Kainai branch, from which he later consolidated authority over multiple bands to emerge as the tribe's paramount head chief by 1870, a role he held until his death in 1900.^[12]^[2] The epidemic's toll, which decimated Kainai leadership ranks between 1869 and 1870, underscored the urgency of stable succession, with Red Crow's elevation reflecting both familial entitlement and communal consensus on his capabilities amid crisis.^[11]

Consolidation of Authority Among Kainai

Following the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1869–70, which killed numerous Kainai leaders including the band chief Seen From Afar and Red Crow's father Black Bear, Red Crow was selected as chief of the Fish Eaters band through traditional consensus among survivors, reflecting his proven prowess as a warrior who had participated in over 30 raids.^[2] This transition elevated him to leadership at approximately age 40, amid a leadership vacuum that decimated elder hierarchies across the Kainai Nation.^[12] His early authority derived from hereditary ties to prior chiefs—tracing back to his grandfather Two Suns—and personal exploits that earned him names like "Captured the Gun Inside," symbolizing battlefield captures.^[2] By 1870, Red Crow had consolidated his position as head chief over the broader Kainai (Blood Tribe), centralizing control across fragmented bands weakened by disease and buffalo decline, through political acumen and enforcement of discipline rather than solely martial dominance.^[2] He discouraged ongoing intertribal warfare, redirecting energies toward survival strategies like selective raiding of American tribes while avoiding conflicts with incoming Canadian authorities, which stabilized internal factions and enhanced his stature as a pragmatic unifier.^[13] This consolidation was tested by rival band heads and young warriors resistant to restraint, yet Red Crow maintained primacy by leveraging his reputation to mediate disputes and impose order, as evidenced by his unchallenged role in Treaty 7 negotiations in 1877 where he represented the Kainai collectively.^[12] Red Crow's authority endured for three decades due to his adaptive governance, including promotion of ranching and resistance to disruptive whiskey trade, which quelled social fragmentation and positioned him as the paramount voice against colonial encroachments.^[14] Unlike peers in other Blackfoot divisions, he avoided cattle theft epidemics plaguing reserves, enforcing compliance through personal oversight and alliances with the North-West Mounted Police, thereby solidifying loyalty amid economic upheaval.^[2] This era marked a shift from decentralized band autonomy to Red Crow's de facto paramountcy, sustained until his death in 1900.^[3]

Governance and Internal Challenges

Maintaining Tribal Discipline

Red Crow centralized authority over the Kainai bands following his assumption of leadership in 1869, using this consolidated power to enforce internal order and resolve disputes that threatened tribal cohesion. He relied on traditional warrior police societies to police the reserve, addressing issues such as theft and violence among band members.^[2] In instances of severe disruption, Red Crow exercised direct personal intervention; after whisky traders incited conflicts within the tribe, he killed his brother Kit Fox, who had aligned with the traders, along with two drunken assailants who attacked him, actions that quelled immediate threats and restored stability to the community.^[2] To prevent broader repercussions from colonial authorities, Red Crow maintained strict control over Kainai members to deter cattle killing from nearby ranches, a problem that plagued other Indigenous groups during the reservation era, thereby preserving the tribe's autonomy and avoiding punitive responses from settlers or government agents.^[2] This enforcement extended to suppressing intertribal raiding tendencies, as he transitioned from a warrior background to advocating peace and self-restraint among his people post-Treaty 7.^[2] Red Crow initially engaged with American whiskey traders from Montana who established posts like Fort Whoop-Up near present-day Lethbridge, exchanging buffalo robes for diluted alcohol, which exacerbated social breakdowns including addiction, violence, and territorial encroachments on Kainai hunting grounds.^[13]^[15] However, witnessing the devastating effects—such as rapid population decline from alcohol-related deaths and interpersonal conflicts—he reversed course by the early 1870s, recognizing whiskey as a primary threat to tribal cohesion and survival.^[13]^[16] A pivotal factor in Red Crow's opposition was a personal tragedy: in a drunken altercation fueled by whiskey, he accidentally killed his brother, fostering a lifelong enmity toward liquor that he enforced strictly within his band.^[17] Upon the arrival of the Northwest Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1874 at the Belly River agency, Red Crow welcomed their efforts to suppress the trade, viewing them as allies against an "evil" that Indigenous leaders felt powerless to combat alone.^[4]^[18] In a December 1874 council alongside Kainai ally Crowfoot, Red Crow pledged cooperation with NWMP Commissioner James Macleod to eradicate whiskey runners, contributing to the closure of illicit "whiskey forts" by 1875 and a near-halt in liquor trafficking within a year.^[19]^[20] To counter broader social disruptions, including family breakdowns and diminished warrior discipline amid the bison herd's collapse, Red Crow imposed internal prohibitions on alcohol consumption and trading within Kainai camps, leveraging his authority to maintain order and redirect focus toward adaptive strategies like diplomacy with colonial authorities.^[4]^[13] His pragmatic enforcement, combining traditional leadership with selective alliance to external law enforcers, mitigated some immediate chaos but highlighted ongoing vulnerabilities as economic pressures intensified post-1877 Treaty 7.^[7]^[21]

Engagement with Colonial Authorities

Negotiations Leading to Treaty 7

In the context of diminishing bison populations and increasing European settlement pressures on the southern Plains, the Canadian government dispatched commissioners David Laird, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories, and James F. Macleod, Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, to negotiate Treaty 7 with the Blackfoot Confederacy tribes in 1877.^[22] The talks opened around September 17 at Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River, involving Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuu T'ina, and Nakoda leaders, with initial discussions centering on land cessions in exchange for reserves, annuities, agricultural assistance, and protection from settler encroachments.^[23] Red Crow, head chief of the Kainai (Bloods), played a pivotal role as the leading spokesman for his band, which arrived after the preliminary gatherings due to ongoing hunting expeditions; Siksika chief Crowfoot deliberately postponed major decisions until Red Crow's presence to ensure unified deliberation among the Confederacy.^[23] Influenced by his established rapport with Macleod—forged through the Mounted Police's enforcement of order, suppression of the illicit whiskey trade, and fair dealings since 1874—Red Crow weighed the treaty terms favorably, emphasizing the Police's role in safeguarding tribal interests over traditional nomadic freedoms.^[7]^[24] Crowfoot consulted Red Crow directly on the provisions, after which Red Crow signaled his band's readiness to adhere if Crowfoot proceeded, reflecting pragmatic adaptation to ecological and colonial realities rather than full endorsement of the treaty's perpetual land surrender.^[25] During the sessions, Red Crow expressed limited foresight into the treaty's enduring implications, such as the irreversible loss of vast hunting territories, instead prioritizing immediate securities like Mounted Police protection and modest annuities of $25 per family head annually.^[23] Despite some chiefs voicing reservations about inadequate compensation and cultural disruptions, Red Crow's advocacy, grounded in trust of Macleod's integrity, tipped the balance toward acceptance among the Kainai. The negotiations culminated in the treaty's execution on September 22, 1877, with Red Crow affixing his mark as head chief of the South Bloods alongside other leaders, formally ceding approximately 130,000 square kilometers while securing reserve allocations.^[22]^[23]

Post-Treaty Relations and Reserve Management

Following the signing of Treaty 7 on September 22, 1877, Red Crow, as head chief of the Kainai (Blood Tribe), played a central role in transitioning his people to reserve life on the newly designated Blood Indian Reserve No. 148, which became Canada's largest reserve at approximately 1,413 square kilometers. In September 1880, he selected the reserve's location along the Belly River near the mouth of the Waterton River, prioritizing access to water and grazing lands to support emerging agricultural efforts.^[2] Despite initial reluctance toward permanent settlement—rooted in the Kainai's nomadic traditions—Red Crow pragmatically enforced relocation, breaking camp after the treaty and directing his band to the site without awaiting further government surveys.^[15] Red Crow actively promoted economic adaptation to mitigate dependence on treaty rations, which were often inadequate due to unfulfilled promises of farming equipment and livestock. He constructed the first house on the reserve, planted the initial crops of vegetables, hay, and grain, and by 1884 had established a successful family farm while introducing cattle and horse ranching to leverage the reserve's fertile grasslands.^[26]^[10] These initiatives aimed at self-sufficiency, reflecting his rejection of full reliance on government aid; he viewed agriculture and animal husbandry as essential for tribal survival amid the buffalo's extinction.^[2] Under his leadership, the Kainai avoided widespread cattle theft from neighboring ranches—a common issue among other Plains tribes—maintaining discipline to preserve relations with settlers.^[2] Relations with Canadian authorities remained tense yet strategically cooperative, marked by Red Crow's enforcement of treaty loyalty while resisting bureaucratic overreach. During the North-West Rebellion of 1885, he decisively rejected overtures from Métis leader Louis Riel, advising against involvement and preventing sympathetic Blackfoot leaders from joining the uprising, thereby upholding treaty obligations and averting conflict on the reserve.^[3]^[7] This stance earned recognition from Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, who rewarded loyal chiefs with additional gifts, though Red Crow continued clashing with Indian agents over ration shortfalls, reserve boundary disputes, settler encroachments, and unkept promises of tools and seed.^[27] He rebuffed agents' attempts to undermine his authority, such as efforts to impose external control or diminish traditional leadership, instead consolidating power to resolve internal disputes and enforce compliance with reserve rules.^[28]^[7] Red Crow's reserve management emphasized pragmatic governance over traditionalism, fostering education and wage labor while suppressing social disruptions like alcohol trade, though these measures strained relations with youth resistant to sedentary life. By the 1890s, his efforts had stabilized the Kainai amid famine and disease, but ongoing government delays in delivering promised cattle herds—leading to later claims of mismanagement—highlighted persistent frictions, with Red Crow advocating for his people's rights without resorting to violence.^[29] His approach prioritized long-term viability, guiding the tribe through the reserve system's hardships until his death in 1900.^[12]

Later Years and Decline

Economic Adaptations and Ranching

Following the near-extinction of bison herds in the early 1880s, Red Crow advocated for economic diversification on the Blood Reserve to mitigate reliance on government rations, promoting agriculture and livestock rearing as pragmatic responses to enforced sedentism under Treaty 7 provisions signed in 1877.^[2] He initiated small garden plots for vegetables and grains with his family shortly after reserve settlement in 1880, expanding to 582 acres by 1884—the largest such operation among Kainai bands at the time.^[2] This early farming emphasized self-sufficiency, yielding produce for subsistence and limited surplus amid initial resistance to sedentary lifestyles.^[2] Ranching emerged as a complementary adaptation, with Red Crow facilitating the exchange of depreciating horse herds for cattle to align with regional market demands in southern Alberta's expanding cattle industry. In 1894, he personally traded horses for 15 head of cattle, mirroring transactions by an adopted son and relative who each acquired similar numbers, marking an early structured shift from equestrian to bovine economies.^[2] By 1900, the year of his death, Red Crow's personal herd surpassed 100 animals, while the reserve's overall cattle population reached approximately 2,000, reflecting coordinated tribal efforts under his influence to build viable herds through selective breeding and pasture management on reserve lands.^[2] These initiatives extended to mechanization and contracting; in 1890, Red Crow's son Nina-kisoom acquired a mower to fulfill haying agreements with the Indian Department, local ranchers, and the North-West Mounted Police, generating supplemental revenue and demonstrating integration with settler economies without full assimilation.^[2] Collectively, Red Crow's strategies enabled the Kainai to cultivate substantial vegetable crops and amass one of the largest cattle operations among Prairie reserves by the late 1890s, trading horses strategically to offset transition costs and fostering resilience against fluctuating annuity payments.^[28] Traditional accounts attribute to him the reserve's inaugural permanent house, initial crop planting, and introduction of cattle, oxen for plowing, and even household innovations like yeast bread production by his wives, underscoring his role in modeling adaptive practices.^[26]

Final Health Issues and Death

Red Crow died on 28 August 1900, at about 70 years of age, while gathering horses along the banks of the Belly River on the Kainai (Blood) Reserve in present-day Alberta.^[2] His passing occurred quietly and without apparent violence or trauma, shortly after he had led efforts to revive the Sun Dance—a traditional ceremony previously suppressed by Indian Department officials—a few weeks following its performance in July 1900.^[2] Historical records do not specify any prolonged illness or particular health ailments in his immediate final years, though he remained active in tribal leadership and cultural advocacy until the end, boasting in later life of never having been wounded by an enemy in battle.^[2] No autopsy or medical documentation exists from the era to clarify a precise cause, consistent with limited record-keeping on reserve for Indigenous leaders at the time.^[2]

Legacy and Historical Evaluation

Contributions to Kainai Survival

Red Crow's leadership emphasized economic adaptation to counter the Kainai's existential threats from buffalo herd depletion, epidemic diseases, and confinement to the reserve established under Treaty 7 in 1877. Recognizing the unsustainability of traditional bison-dependent subsistence, he advocated for agriculture and livestock ranching as viable alternatives, leading the Blood Tribe to exchange horses for cattle and initiate vegetable, hay, and grain cultivation.^[26] This shift enabled the Kainai to develop one of the largest cattle herds and crop yields among Canadian Indigenous reserves by the late 19th century, averting widespread famine during the transitional decades.^[28] By 1884, Red Crow exemplified these practices through his own successful farm operation, producing vegetables, hay, and grain while integrating cattle and horse ranching, which served as a model for tribal adoption of sedentary farming.^[10] His personal adoption of innovations, such as constructing one of the first wooden houses on the reserve and maintaining cattle herds, demonstrated practical self-sufficiency and encouraged broader community participation in reserve-based economies.^[30] Red Crow also prioritized education to equip the Kainai for long-term adaptation, visiting the Mohawk Institute near Brantford, Ontario, where he observed Indigenous students' progress in vocational skills; impressed, he subsequently enrolled his own children at the Calgary Industrial School to gain competencies in farming, trades, and literacy essential for reserve viability.^[2] These initiatives, sustained over his tenure as head chief from 1870 until his death in 1900, fostered resilience by blending selective European technologies with Kainai social structures, thereby stabilizing population recovery and reducing reliance on inadequate government rations amid ongoing hardships.^[30]

Assessments of Pragmatism Versus Traditionalism

Red Crow's leadership has been evaluated as exemplifying pragmatism, emphasizing adaptation to existential threats like the near-extinction of bison herds by 1879–80 and the influx of settlers, rather than rigid adherence to pre-contact nomadic traditions. By signing Treaty 7 on 22 September 1877 at Blackfoot Crossing, he secured a reserve encompassing traditional Kainai territory extending south to the Belly River, enabling a structured transition to sedentary life that preserved the band's cohesion amid collapsing traditional economies. This approach contrasted with more traditionalist resistance seen among some contemporaries, who initially rejected treaties and clung to hunting lifestyles, prolonging vulnerability without averting territorial losses. Historians note that Red Crow's forward-looking decisions, including personally establishing a 582-acre farm by 1884 and amassing over 100 cattle by 1900, positioned the Kainai for economic viability through ranching, which by the reserve's scale supported thousands of head and contributed to it becoming Canada's largest Indigenous reserve at approximately 1,413 square kilometers.^[7]^[2] Further assessments highlight his refusal to join the North-West Rebellion in 1885 as a pivotal pragmatic act, defying potential alliances with Métis rebels and Cree enemies to shield the Kainai from reprisals that could have mirrored the U.S. Plains tribes' subjugation through military campaigns. This stance, rooted in a lack of enmity toward settlers and recognition of irreversible shifts—"I have had enough of war and trouble"—prevented broader Blackfoot involvement and sustained the tribe's independent spirit, allowing reinstatement of suppressed ceremonies like the Sun Dance after a decade-long federal ban. While critics, including some government reports, have argued that signatories like Red Crow underestimated the treaty's long-term constraints on sovereignty, empirical outcomes affirm the benefits of adaptation: the Kainai avoided annihilation, developed self-sustaining agriculture, and integrated selective Western elements such as education and missionary alliances without full cultural capitulation. In contrast, unyielding traditionalism elsewhere correlated with heightened destitution and conflict, underscoring Red Crow's causal prioritization of survival over ideological purity.^[3]^[7]^[2]

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