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 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Both artifacts are currently housed at the Chief Poundmaker Museum in Saskatchewan, Canada. The saddlebags are on permanent display, while the pipe is not on display but housed within the museum.