Crooked Lake Interview (01)

Peter Henry, Kanewuskwahau, and Kaniswiwitay were interviewed at Crooked Lake. Peter Henry was born in the Qu'Appelle valley, from a French father and a Cree mother, who came from the east. Peter Henry worked in the United States on locomotives before coming back home for work. Peter learned from his father to build houses and this was his main job. Peter did not live on the Crooked Lake Reserve. Mandelbaum interviewed Peter in the construction site of Arthur Wasaxkis's son house, where he discusses construction costs and techniques, providing some Michif construction lexicon. Kanewuskwahau was born 12 miles northeast of Moose Jaw. His band hunted by moving along the Saskatchewan River from the Rocky Mountains to Medicine Hat. They were the second group covered by the treaty, signed by their chief kagiciweu. Kaniswiwitay (Two Voices) was interviewed in his tipi. Mandelbaum describes the decorations and figures painted on the tipi. Two Voice was the son of Chief Black Duck. His family came from a reserve in the U.S. "He could not recross the border because of his 'eye failure'." He states that the Kauwizes band was also called "Osup band because Osup was chief after Kauwizes died." ------------------- Keywords: Community Breaking/Fracture, Treaties, Housing, Reserve System, Land use (Subsistence Patterns)