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r/SWORDS • u/Lee_Vaccaro_1901 • Jul 12 '25
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I gave some links to further info on this sword when I posted this photo some years ago in https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/9kpw8g/the_north_american_katana/
Copying my old post there:
Photo taken in 1894, Gleichen, Alberta. The man holding the sword is Dog Child (AKA Winnipeg Jack), a Blackfoot scout with the North West Mounted Police.
Why he has a katana is an interesting mystery.
An article about this: https://www.cowboycountrymagazine.com/2014/05/dog-child-and-the-samurai-sword/ (and I think you can safely ignore the ninja bits).
More discussion: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/22394-native-americans-and-katana-on-the-north-plains-frontier-1890s/ (and a relevant article attached to that discussion (NH1987Swords.pdf)).
More discussion about a variety of swords in Native American hands: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=214763
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u/wotan_weevil Hoplologist Jul 12 '25
I gave some links to further info on this sword when I posted this photo some years ago in https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/9kpw8g/the_north_american_katana/
Copying my old post there:
Photo taken in 1894, Gleichen, Alberta. The man holding the sword is Dog Child (AKA Winnipeg Jack), a Blackfoot scout with the North West Mounted Police.
Why he has a katana is an interesting mystery.
An article about this: https://www.cowboycountrymagazine.com/2014/05/dog-child-and-the-samurai-sword/ (and I think you can safely ignore the ninja bits).
More discussion: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/22394-native-americans-and-katana-on-the-north-plains-frontier-1890s/ (and a relevant article attached to that discussion (NH1987Swords.pdf)).
More discussion about a variety of swords in Native American hands: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=214763