Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

SI’K-OKSKITSIS (Charcoal, Black Wood Ashes) (Paka’panikapi (Lazy Young Man), Opee-o’wun (The Palate))  
SI’K-OKSKITSIS (Charcoal, Black Wood Ashes) (Paka’panikapi (Lazy Young Man), Opee-o’wun (The Palate))  
16 Mar. 2020  

d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)

 
PASKWĀW (Pasquah, Pisqua) (The Plain, Les Prairies)  
PASKWĀW (Pasquah, Pisqua) (The Plain, Les Prairies)  
15 Mar. 2020  

d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)

 
CHULA (Little Chief, Stamixo’tokan, Bull Head)  
CHULA (Little Chief, Stamixo’tokan, Bull Head)  
14 Mar. 2020  

d. 14 March 1911 on the Sarcee Indian Reserve, Alta.

 
LA CORNE DE CHAPTES, MARIE-MADELEINE DE, <em>dite</em> du Saint-Sacrement  
LA CORNE DE CHAPTES, MARIE-MADELEINE DE, dite du Saint-Sacrement  
13 Mar. 2020  

d. 13 March 1762 in Montreal

 
COY, MARY (Morris; Bradley)  
COY, MARY (Morris; Bradley)  
12 Mar. 2020  

d. 12 March 1859 in Saint John, N.B.

 
THOMPSON, HANNAH MAYNARD (Pickard)  
THOMPSON, HANNAH MAYNARD (Pickard)  
11 Mar. 2020  

d. 11 March 1844 in Sackville, N.B.

 
ROSS, HARRIET (Araminta) (Tubman; Davis) (Moses)  
ROSS, HARRIET (Araminta) (Tubman; Davis) (Moses)  
10 Mar. 2020  

d. 10 March 1913 in Auburn, N.Y.

 
SHADD, ALFRED SCHMITZ  
SHADD, ALFRED SCHMITZ  
9 Mar. 2020  

d. 9 March 1915 in Winnipeg

 
GLIKHIKAN (Glickhican) (baptized Isaac)  
GLIKHIKAN (Glickhican) (baptized Isaac)  
8 Mar. 2020  

d. 8 March 1782 at Gnadenhutten (Ohio)

 
SAWTELLE, JEMIMA (Phipps; Howe; Tute)  
SAWTELLE, JEMIMA (Phipps; Howe; Tute)  
7 Mar. 2020  

d. 7 March 1805 in Vernon, Vt.

 
CHATELAIN (Chastellaine, Chatelaine, Chatelan, Chattelaine), NICOLAS  
CHATELAIN (Chastellaine, Chatelaine, Chatelan, Chattelaine), NICOLAS  
6 Mar. 2020  

d. 6 March 1892 in Fort Frances, Ont.

 
JOHNSON, GUY  
JOHNSON, GUY  
5 Mar. 2020  

d. 5 March 1788 in London, England