Chief Bears Paws was head Chief of the Stoney Nations. Chief Bears Paw lived from 1837 to 1903. He was signatory of the 1877 treaty on behalf of the three Stoney Nations. Their territory can be found today in the rolling foothills of the Rocky Mountains at the entrance to Banff National Park.
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James Henderson
Portrait of ‘Chief Bear’s Paw’ Stoney Indian, 1926
oil on canvas
76.9 x 61.7 cm
Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery.
