Lloyd Chief Interview
Date
1973-06-17
Authors
Chief, Lloyd
Mountain, Mary
Baker, Iris
Group of White Teachers
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Description
51 p. transcript of an interview with Lloyd Chief conducted by Mary Mountain, Iris Baker and a Group of White Teachers on June 17, 1973. Tape number IH-032/033, transcript disc 14.
Keywords
Blackfoot Indians, Cermonialism -- Smoking, Ceremonialism -- Sweetgrass, Ceremonies -- Powwow (Cree), Chiefs and chieftainship -- Qualifications for, Christian churches -- And Indian religion, Death -- Spirits of the dead, Education -- And child labor, Education -- And cultural suppression, Education -- Attitudes toward, Education -- Residential schools, Nature -- And Spirituality, Nature -- Northern lights, Pipes and smoking, Power -- Evil, Power -- From dreams and visions, Religion and Spirituality -- Christian religions (vs.), Religion and Spirituality -- Christian religions (vs.), Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Frog Lake Massacre, Spirits -- Wihtiko (Cree), Stories and storytelling (General) -- Adoption of animal form, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Beasts and monsters, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Flood myths, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Intertribal warfare, Transportation -- Horse, Warfare, Intertribal -- Motives for, Warfare, Intertribal -- Prestige in