Blood Indian Warrior
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- Date Range
- 1897
- Accession No.
- 20121107018
- Scope and Content
- Po-t-nah, a Blood Indian warrior also known as Joe Healy.
- Date Range
- 1897
- History Biographical
- Joe Healy, a Blood Indian, was born in Montana. His mother and father were killed by hostile Pend d'Oreilles Indians. Captain J.J. Healy rescued the baby and adopted him. He attended the white man's schools for eight years. Joe Healy was looked upon as one of the great leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy and was a trusted scout. In his later years he was a picturesque figure in the Lethbridge Exhibition and Stampede. Joe and his wife had nine children. He came to Canada in 1880, was born in 1854 and died in 1936. He was in Southern Alberta in 1880.
- Scope and Content
- Po-t-nah, a Blood Indian warrior also known as Joe Healy.
- Notes
- File found in 2012 Year end Box #5
- Accession No.
- 20121107018
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