Looking for info on Powder line.Chief BlackPowder, Chief BigBear, Pierre Powder. I have little on these names but lack birth places, parents etc. Any info greatly appreciated. Thank you and happy hunting too all.
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Hello, I too am researching Powder. I was not aware of a 'blackpowder' or chief 'bigbear' link. Very interesting. Are you still communicating on this research?
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Powder surname, Alberta, CAN
Are you researching the Powders from Alberta, Canada. If so, please email me as I too am searching to complete a family tree for my daughter.
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Re: Powder surname, Alberta, CAN
I am/was a Powder here in Alberta... my maiden name was Powder. If you have any info, please email me. I began to research years ago, but stalled for awhile.......now back at it.
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Re: Powder surname, Alberta, CAN
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Hi there,
I have a bit of information on my family's link to Chief Blackpowder Wabasca/Wabiska. His son, Antoine Blandion Wabasca Sr. was my great-great-great-great grandfather. Antoine's half brother, son of Blackpowder, was Big Bear.
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Just in case anyone is unaware of it, Paul Kane painted Black Powder's portrait at Fort Pitt in 1847. Its in the Royal Ontario Museum. Antoine Blandion Sr. was my great-great grandfather.
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Thank you Richard...yes...it's actually done in pencil and I have a copy of it...but thank you for your help and it's nice to meet you. My gr.gr.grandfather was Pierre Powder...Antoine and Bigbears brother...happy hunting folks...take care...
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The French surname Dion/Dionne is a diminutive version of the term 'blondion' which, in turn, is an aberration of the French word 'blondinet'(masculine) or 'blondinette'(feminine) means 'fair-haired child'. The root word of 'blondinette' is 'blond' (masculine) or 'blonde' (feminine) which means 'fair-haired' in French. [33] When this surname is found in parish records, fur trade documents, and Métis scrip affidavits, other variations of this name, such as Blondion, Blayonne, Mondion, Moignon appear. The surnames Dion or Blondion are sometimes used simultaneously with the Cree name Wabasca, which also means 'white' or 'fair'. One of the earliest references to this name is in relation to the Ojibwa chief Black Powder (a.k.a. Mukatai, or Powder), who was the leader of a small band of mixed Cree and Ojibwa, who wintered on the shores of Jackfish Lake in west-central Saskatchewan, and hunted bison on the plains in the spring and fall. Black Powder was the friend and sub-chief of Kee-a-kee-ka-sa-coo-way - "The Man Who gives the War Whoop", the most important Plains Cree Chief of the mid-nineteenth century. The son of Black Powder, Antoine Blondion, married a daughter of Joseph Desjarlais and Josephte Cardinal. He is also noteworthy because he is the brother of Mistahimusqua, better known as Big Bear.
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i dont suppose you know the lineage of Joseph Francis Dion (1888-1960)? he was born in onion lake Saskatchewan, was nephew of Chief Big bear, apparently he is related to me but i do not know how. my grandmother was born in Jackfish lake Sask, her mother josephine Dion came and settled there when she was 11. I was born in North Battleford. i cannot find the connection to Joseph francis Dion. his parents were said to be August (or Gustav) Dion and Marie Mountain. He was the founder of the Alberta Metis association. all research i find is about his achievements, none of his family. just wife elizabeth cunningham. i know they had children, no list of names tho. Brandy
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