A saddlebag of Chief Poundmaker is shown in a handout photo. The Royal Ontario Museum is commemorating the repatriation of Chief Poundmaker’s pipe and saddle from ROM to the Poundmaker family in a ceremony on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS-HO-Royal Ontario Museum **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Year of Object(s) Creation: 1800 (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Bag, Pipe
Object Material(s): beads, ceramic, hide, stone
Provenience Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Provenience Location: Cree Nation
Year Removed from Findspot: 1885

Provenance
Start Year: 1936
End Year: 2023
Circumstance of Acquisition: Sale
Nation: Canada
Location: Royal Ontario Museum

Indigeous Chief Poundmaker Or Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s Pipe And Saddle Bag


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated:
Year Claim Resolved: 2023
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Descendants of Chief Poundmaker
Complainant Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Private: Individual

Respondent Name: Royal Ontario Museum
Respondent Nation: Canada
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
The URL above offers documentation and discussion of this dispute. Edited by Tali Maximon and Arianne Ohara