List of 150 Alberta Historical People
) Catriona LeMay Doan-Olympic Gold Medal Speed Skater
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- 14) Charles Borromée Rouleau, Justice of Supreme Court in Territory
- 15) Chief Bull Head- Chief from the Tsuutina Nation
- 16) Chief Crowfoot- Chief from Siksika Nation who signed Treaty 7
13) Catriona LeMay Doan-Olympic Gold Medal Speed SkaterCatriona Le May Doan is an Olympic speed skating athlete who has won 3 medals. She was born on December 23, 1970 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is the first Canadian and the only Canadian female athlete to defend her gold medal at the Olympics. She is known as the “fastest woman on ice”. She still has the Olympic record for the fastest time for the 500m race and she broke 13 world records. As a child, Catriona Doan played ringette and then started speed skating. She moved to Calgary to train for the Olympics when she was 17 years old. In 1998, she won a gold and a bronze medal. She won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award for Canadian Female Athlete of the Year in 1998, 2001, and 2002. She earned a Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s Athlete of the Year in 2002.She is now a motivational speaker. Catriona Doan has been given three honourary degrees, from the University of Calgary, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina. She is a member of the Order of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Sports Hall of Fame. She now lives in Calgary and is 46 years old. By Laura Peace 14) Charles Borromée Rouleau, Justice of Supreme Court in TerritoryBorn December 16, 1840 L'Isle Verte, Lower-Canada, died August 25, 1901 Montreal, Quebec. 1899-1907: The village de Rouleauville is incorporated, named in honour of magistrate Charles-Borromée Rouleau and his brother Dr. Édouard-Hector Rouleau. Canadian politician, lawyer, judge and writer Rouleau served as Stipendiary Magistrate and Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, as well as Legal Advisor to the NWT Legislature. 1868: He is called to the bar in Quebec and later becomes an inspector for the Ottawa and Pontiac Counties Catholic School Districts.
Following his appointment to the Supreme Court, Rouleau moves just outside Calgary to a mission parish founded by French-Canadian priests in the 1870s. 1885: Rouleau and Father Albert Lacombe become members of the Catholic section of the education system founded at the time. Rouleau maintains that position until 1892. The Riel Rebellion is brewing and Justice Rouleau is very concerned. In answer to enquiries from the Federal government, he writes to the Lt Governor to say that something was really going to have to be done about settling the claims with both the Indian people and the Métis people. Forced to flee Battleford, Rouleau wires back to the Secretary of State: "Got here safe with family indians ransacked and plundered my house poor as a church mouse. God save the Queen!" 1887: the Supreme Court of the NWT replaces stipendiary magistrates and Rouleau becomes a judge for the District of Northern Alberta, a position he holds until the end of his life. Late 1890s, he must reduce his activities due to a heart condition. 1901: He dies of a heart attack in Montreal as he prepares to leave for Europe with his daughter. He is buried in Calgary, Alberta. g1994, Rouleauville Then & Now” (Rogers Community TV interview uploaded to YouTube by Ken LaPointe); Rouleau family archives; Glenbow Archives; Robert M. Stamp, “French and Catholic” Calgary Magazine, May 1980, pp68 &69 By Suzanne de Courville Nicol
Chief Bullhead signed Treaty 7 on behalf of his nation in 1877. However, he objected loudly when the government of Canada wanted to give him and his people a small piece of land in southern Alberta near Fort Macleod. The mighty chief insisted that their Nation be located in the foothills area along the Fish Creek River near Calgary. This request was finally granted in 1883,the same year that the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in Calgary. The Tsuut'ina Nation was given 108 square miles of land. Although Chief Bullhead signed Treaty 7 as part of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the First Nation is actually an off-shoot of the Beaver tribe of northern Alberta and they have their own unique Athabascan language. By Rob Lennard 16) Chief Crowfoot- Chief from Siksika Nation who signed Treaty 7Crowfoot, a Blackfoot chief, was born near Belly River to the Blood tribe about 1830. As a teenager, he showed great bravery in a battle by advancing and striking a painted tepee in the hostile Crow camp. For this deed he was given an ancestor's name, isapo-muxika. meaning Crow Indian's Big Foot, shortened by interpreters to Crowfoot. He went to war nineteen times and was wounded six times. His most heroic deed was to attack and kill a grizzly bear with a lance in sight of the whole camp. Shortly after, in 1865, he became chief of the Big Pipes band, and in 1870 became one of the three head chiefs of the tribe. Crowfoot was a perceptive and farseeing diplomat. He established good relations with fur traders and made peace with the Cree. He adopted a young Cree named Poundmaker, who became a leader of his own people. He also and rescued the missionary Albert Lacombe during a Cree raid on the Blackfoot camp. The Blackfoot camp was under heavy fire and when Crowfoot, camped down river, heard the sounds of gunfire he led as a group of warriors to repel the Crees. In 1874 Crowfoot welcomed the North-West Mounted Police when they came west to stamp out the whiskey trade. He was recognized as an ally and was given a prominent role in Treaty No. 7 negotiations in 1877. After the Blackfoot settled on their reserve in 1881, Crowfoot became disillusioned with the Canadian government, but he refused to allow his people to join the 1885 Riel Rebellion, less out of loyalty to the government than from the belief that it was a losing fight. Sick during his last decade, he constantly mourned the loss of his children, of whom only one blind son and three daughters reached maturity. He died near Blackfoot Crossing on April 25, 1890. By Hugh Dempsey Download 0.5 Mb. Share with your friends:
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