Frog Lake Massacre

Canada

The Frog Lake Massacre was part of the Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion in western Canada. Led by Wandering Spirit, Cree men attacked and killed nine officials, clergy and settlers in the small settlement of Frog Lake, at the time in the District of Saskatchewan in the North-West Territ

ories on April 2, 1885. (The location, about 200 km east of Edmonton, is now within the province of Alberta.)

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