1825-1895+Natawista

Natawista -1825-1895 -daughter of a leading chief of the Blood bribe at Blackfoot Indians -married to Alexander Culbertson a chief trader for the Upper Missouri Outfit of the American Fur Company in the early 1840's moved to Fort Beneton in 1868 -She became a diplomat, a hostess, an interpreter and helped maintain peaceful relations between the white traders, and the Blackfoot, Blood and Piegan Indians. - When 15 years of age she travelled with her father from Canada to Fort Union now near the North Dakota--Montana border, on a trade mission -In 1870 Natawista left Culbertson and returned to the Blood lands in Alberta where she lived until her death in 1895.

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