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Dedication

This work is dedicated to the Cree Nation and especially to the Plains Cree who, in the spring of 1885, fought the North West Mounted Police and the Canadian Militia in a forlorn effort to take back their land. In the aftermath, they lost not only their land but also, it seemed for generations, the essence of their ancient culture – “the echo from the past.” The People’s greatest loss that spring was their belief that they would live a traditional way of life freely and forever in harmony with the Great Spirit on the generous, open prairies bounded by the Rocky Mountains, the Red River, and the endlessly flowing North and South Saskatchewan rivers. Among the Cree some now ask: is the ancient culture truly lost forever? Or is it alive, carried forward by the echo of the past that the Elders guard as the People await another day and the return of a great chief to lead the faithful?