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Natoyist-Siksina “Medicine Snake Woman” Culbertson

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Natoyist-Siksina “Medicine Snake Woman” Culbertson

Birth
Alberta, Canada
Death
Mar 1893 (aged 67–68)
Stand Off, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
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Natoyist-Siksina (also spelled Natawista Iksina, Natawista Iksana, or Natúyi-tsíxina) and her husband, Major Alexander Culbertson (1809-1879) were the subjects of the 2004 book "Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina among the Blackfeet", by Mr. Lesley Wischmann, Oklahoma University Press.
In 1840 they were first married in Fort Union, North Dakota, on the Missouri River near the Montana border. Natawista was 15 and Culbertson was 30. In 1859 they had a Roman Catholic ceremony in Peoria, Illinois. They had five children.
Natoyist-Siksina (also spelled Natawista Iksina, Natawista Iksana, or Natúyi-tsíxina) and her husband, Major Alexander Culbertson (1809-1879) were the subjects of the 2004 book "Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina among the Blackfeet", by Mr. Lesley Wischmann, Oklahoma University Press.
In 1840 they were first married in Fort Union, North Dakota, on the Missouri River near the Montana border. Natawista was 15 and Culbertson was 30. In 1859 they had a Roman Catholic ceremony in Peoria, Illinois. They had five children.


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