Most often, bands from a number of different tribes would form a semi-permanent alliance, called a confederation (a Cree later adopted into the Peigan), who was 75 years old when he recounted his early years to explorer David Thompson in the 1780s.
Most often, bands from a number of different tribes would form a semi-permanent alliance, called a confederacy by English-language observers. Another early account comes from Saukamappe (a Cree later adopted into the Peigan), who was 75 years old when he recounted his early years to explorer David Thompson in the 1780s.