Fine Day or Kamiokisihkwew (Miyo-Kîsikaw) ( – ) was a

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war chief of the River People band of Plains Cree. He participated in the

North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion (), was an armed rebellion of Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising of Cree and Assiniboine mostly in the District of Saskatchewan, against the Government of Canada, Canadian government. Important events i ...

of 1885. During the Battle of Cut Knife, he acted as the Battle Chief, taking control of the war fighting parties from the political chief, Poundmaker. When Fine Day's men gained the upper hand and started to pursue the retreating Canadian soldiers, he was restrained by Poundmaker from doing so. Described by a contemporary as "brave in all things," he was a skilled warrior, hunter, trapper and (in later life) a

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. Fine Day's memories of the North-West Rebellion were published by the Canadian North-West Historical Society in 1926.FINEDAY. 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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Cree people Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan People of North-Western Territory People of the North-West Rebellion Pre-Confederation Saskatchewan people 1850s births 1940s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Canadian animists Shamans Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of North America {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub