Antoine Lonesinger 5 Interview
Date
1974-11-21
Authors
Lonesinger, Antoine
Littlepoplar, Alphonse
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
Interview includes a biographical account of Antoine Lonesinger's life that includes stories about farming, trapping, house construction and the making of charcoal and lime. He also tells of the murder of an Indian Agent at the hands of a Blackfoot named Owl Eyes.
Description
11 p. transcript of an interview with Antoine Lonesinger conducted by Alphonse Littlepoplar on November 21, 1974. Tape number IH-054, transcript disc 16.
Keywords
Agriculture, Battleford, Saskatchewan, Blackfoot, Cattle-raising, Clay stoves, Courtship, Crimes and punishments, Day schools, Department of Indian Affairs, Education, Farming, First contact with non-Indigenous people, Food, Gardening, Housing, Indian agents, Log houses, Marriage, Murder, Names (personal), Niitsítapi, Owl Eyes, Payment of treaty money, Permit system, Raising of children, Rations, Red Pheasant Reserve, Saskatchewan, Shared work, Sweet Grass Reserve, Saskatchewan, Taboos, Trapping, Treaty #6, Work