One Great 150 - Chief Peguis

Welcome to the first episode of One Great 150, folks! We're beyond excited to get this project going and to have you along for the ride. And to kick things off, we're starting with Chief Peguis!

 

The Red River Valley that Peguis arrived into was one already marked with the scars of the fur trade, and he quickly established himself as a skilled leader, hunter, and warrior in the area. Over his summers spent at his camp near Kildonan Park, Peguis would witness the comings and goings of countless new arrivals: Cuthbert Grant, returned home after many years away, the Selkirk Settlers, the Selkirk Settlers coming back, and Lord Selkirk - who Peguis would sign the Peguis-Selkirk of 1817 with.

 

A huge thank you to Niigan Sinclair and Allen Sutherland for speaking to us about Peguis! If you want to hear the interviews in full (and you should, they're great), you can check them out for free on our Patreon - available here. For $5 a month you also get access to our bonus episodes, including post 150 episode discussions on sources and what we had to leave out.

 

Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press and the Manitoba Historical Society for their support! You can check out a brief write up of the episode in the Winnipeg Free Press.

 

About One Great 150:

 

The premise is simple: 15 people, 150 years. With 16 episodes leading up November 9th, 2023 - the 150th anniversary of the signing of Winnipeg's incorporation papers.