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Kangi Tamaheca - (Lean Crow/ Kasla) 

1835-1919

     Kangi Tamaheca along with two of his brothers, his wife Anpetu Wastewin, and five children were among Lakota families that moved to northern Saskatchewan the spring before Sitting Bull left Canada. The first year they worked for various ranchers and settlers in the Dundurn district. The next year they moved to Batoche where they found work with Metis families. They soon developed a loyalty to those families. During the Resistance of 1885 they fought with the Metis. Kangi Tamaheca was taken prisoner by the Canadian army, tried for treason and sent to prison at Stony Mountain penitentary.  Due to the efforts of Father Lacombe he was released a year later.

Kangi Tamaheca

 While Kangi Tamaheca was in prison his family journeyed on foot to Moose Jaw and joined the Lakota camp.
    On his release he joined his family. By working for farmers and ranchers he and his sons, Tasunka Opi (Alex Wounded Horse) and Paha Onajinkte (Bob Lean Crow) acquired a herd of nearly 100 horses.
    In 1911 the family moved to Wood Mountain. Through the years they always had horses. They provided bucking stock for the Wood Mountain rodeo for many years. They rode in the annual rodeo parade. They also sold horses to settlers in the district.  
Both Kangi Tamaheca and Anpetu Wastewin are buried at the Wood Mountain First Nations cemetery.


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