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Hugh Dempsey

Hugh Dempsey is an author, historian, and researcher. He is the former associate director of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, and is currently its chief curator emeritus. He is also the editor of the quarterly Alberta History. Dempsey was made an honorary chief of the Kainai Blackfoot in 1967 and in 1975 was invested as a member of the Order of Canada. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Great Blackfoot Treaties, Maskepetoon, Firewater, and Crowfoot.

Books by Hugh Dempsey

Napi

The Trickster

by (author) Hugh Dempsey
illustrated by Alyssa Koski
foreword by Pauline Dempsey

The Great Blackfoot Treaties

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories

Three Hundred Years of Blackfoot History

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

Maskepetoon

Leader, Warrior, Peacemaker

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

Heaven is Near the Rocky Mountains

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

Firewater

The Impact of the Whiskey Trade on the Blackfoot Nation

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

The Golden Age of the Canadian Cowboy

An Illustrated History

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

Red Crow

Warrior Chief

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

Crowfoot

Chief of the Blackfeet

by (author) Hugh Dempsey

Charcoal's World

The True Story of a Canadian Indian's Last Stand

by (author) Hugh Dempsey