Francois Piche (aka Coyote)

COYOTE (aka FRANCOIS PICHE)

Coyote was born in 1847 at Fort Pitt, the son of Alexis Piche Jr. (Chief Bobtail) and Catherine Cardinal, both Metis. Coyote (François) was active in the Resistance of 1885 in making raids on the HBC stores at Battleford. He was acquitted at trial in Edmonton for lack of evidence. In 1886 his father and mother both left treaty and took Metis scrip for all the children (living and deceased) except Coyote. They later returned to Treaty status. [Lawrence J. Barkwell, Alexis Piche (louis Riel Institute, 2009) http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/11565.Alexis%20Pich%C3...

Metis Script Application by his Mother

Piche, Catherine; address: Peace Hills Agency; born: 1828 at Lac la Biche; father: Pierre Eia-io-wew (Métis); mother: Catherine Cardinal (Métis); married: 1849 at Pigeon Lake to Alexis Piche; children living: Cecile, Francois, Angele and Alexis; children deceased: Marguerite, Marie and Nancy; scrip for $160.00; claim no. 171. [Library and Archives Canada: Metis Script Applications, reference RG15-D-II-8-c. Volume/box number: 1363. Copied container number: C-14997. NO IMAGE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE]

His Metis Script Application

FRANCOIS PICHE address: Peace Hills; born: 1854 at Edmonton; father: Alexis Piche (Métis); mother: Catherine Cardinal (Métis); married: 1868 at Moose Hills to Josephte She-we-ke-naw; children living: Susanne, Rosalie and Isabelle; children deceased: Alexis, Susanne, Marie and Alexis; scrip for $160.00; claim no. 180. [Library and Archives Canada, Metis Script Applications, reference RG15-D-II-8-c. Volume/box number: 1363. Copied container number: C-14997. NO IMAGES PRESENTLY AVAILABLE]

Biographical Accounts

1. Lawrence J. Barkwell, Alexis Piche (louis Riel Institute, 2009) http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/11565.Alexis%20Pich%C3...
2. Joachim Fromhold, The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) Louis Joseph Piche (Chief Pesew) The Founding of a Dynasty (First Nation Publishing, 2016), p. 385