Poundmaker

This biography of Poundmaker is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Poundmaker (1842-1886) was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people. After dedicating his life to defending the rights and cultural ways of his people, he was found guilty of treason in the white man's court and died a broken man at the age of 44.