Fine-Day

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Fine Day or Kamiokisihkwew; b. Circa 1852 - d. (unknown - but after 1935) was a Cree war chief of the River People band of Plains Cree. He participated in the North-West Rebellion of 1885 (notably the battle of Cut Knife). Described by a contemporary as "brave in all things," he was a skilled warrior, hunter, trapper and (in later life) a powerful shaman. cite book
last = Mandelbaum
first = David G.
title = "The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical, and Comparative Study"
publisher = Aims Pr Inc.
date= 1940
location = New York
url =
doi =
id = ISBN-13: 978-0404156268
]

Fine-Day's memories of the North West rebellion were published by the Canadian North-West Historical Society in 1926. [FINE DAY. Incidents of the Rebellion, as Related by Fine Day (Canadian North-West Historical Society, Publications, vol. 1, number 1, Battleford, Saskatchewan, 1926)]

David G. Mandelbaum, in the introduction to his extensive study of the Plains Cree cites Fine-Day as his principal informant.

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