Battle of Cut Knife

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The Battle of Cut Knife was an 1885 engagement during the North-West Rebellion in which Cree and Assiniboine forces under Chief Poundmaker repelled a Canadian militia column in present-day Saskatchewan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Cut Knife canonical 2
North-West Campaign of 1885 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
armedForce North-West Mounted Police (detachment) ⓘ
belligerent Assiniboine ⓘ
Canadian government forces ⓘ
Cree ⓘ
Dominion of Canada ⓘ
casualties Canadian casualties higher than Indigenous casualties ⓘ
combatant Assiniboine forces ⓘ
Canadian North-West Field Force ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
Cree forces ⓘ
Plains Cree ⓘ
commander Chief Poundmaker ⓘ
linked to: Poundmaker

Pîhtokahanapiwiyin ⓘ
linked to: Pitikwahanapiwiyin

William Dillon Otter ⓘ
commemoratedBy historic site near Cut Knife, Saskatchewan ⓘ
conflict North-West Rebellion ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 2 May 1885 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Batoche ⓘ
hasCause North-West Rebellion policies and grievances ⓘ
tensions between Indigenous peoples and Canadian government ⓘ
hasParticipant Assiniboine warriors ⓘ
Canadian militia volunteers ⓘ
Plains Cree warriors ⓘ
linked to: Cree warriors
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
location District of Saskatchewan ⓘ
near Cut Knife Creek ⓘ
present-day Saskatchewan ⓘ
namedAfter Cut Knife Hill ⓘ
near Poundmaker Reserve ⓘ
notableFor Canadian column forced to retreat ⓘ
Poundmaker restraining his warriors from attacking retreating troops ⓘ
use of ravines and coulees by Indigenous fighters ⓘ
partOf North-West Rebellion ⓘ
North-West Resistance ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Duck Lake ⓘ
Frog Lake Massacre ⓘ
result Cree and Assiniboine repelled Canadian forces ⓘ
Indigenous victory ⓘ
significance influenced Canadian public opinion on the rebellion ⓘ
major Indigenous tactical success in North-West Rebellion ⓘ
theatre Canadian Prairies ⓘ
typeOfConflict Indigenous resistance ⓘ
colonial conflict ⓘ
year 1885 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North-West Rebellion → mainBattle → Battle of Cut Knife ⓘ
Battle of Batoche → partOfCampaign → North-West Campaign of 1885 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cut Knife
1885 Rebellion → significantBattle → Battle of Cut Knife ⓘ