Council of Chiefs on Poundmaker's Reserve

This joint Sun Dance and council was meant to be a platform for chiefs to discuss government policies. The issue of rations came up when a farming instructor refused to provide rations to a member of Lucky Man's band, nearly resulting in a violent standoff between the Aboriginal participants in the council and the NWMP. The government saw this incident as an outright rejection of their ration policy, and although they saw no need to change their welfare policies, they did decide to better equip themselves with police officers if such an event should happen again.