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"Payepot and His People was first published serially by The Western Producer. In 1957 it was published in book form by the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society.

Abel Watetch was a nephew of Chief Payepot and a veteran of World War I. As noted in the introduction to the 1957 edition, Watetch had earlier set down in "fine, clear handwriting" the previously unwritten history of his people, having "assembled many of the recollections of his kin to 'set the record right'." These writings were the basis of the story told here in Payepot and His People, supplemented by further recollections by Watetch and his friend, Chief Sitting Eagle Changing Position (Harry Ball), documented either on tape or through written correspondence.

Marking the 50th anniversary in 2007 of the original publication, the Canadian Plains Research Center hopes that this new edition of Payepot and His People will serve to reintroduce readers to the stories that Abel Watetch so carefully and faithfully recorded, and rekindle interest in this significant 19th century Plains Cree leader."--Back cover. 

xxvi, 64 pages : portrait ; 19 cm. 

Includes index.