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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Ben Calf Robe Bridge
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Just Calf Robe bridge. His son was Ben Calf Robe.
The Calf Robe Robe is in the Glenbow Museum, courtesy of Philip H. Godsell.
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Calf Robe was a leading chief of the Siksika and had been one of the original signers of the Blackfoot Treaty in 1877.
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From "Blackfoot War Art" by Lloyd James Dempsey
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Originally Posted by Rhettzky
It's named after Ben Calf Robe a Blackfoot elder. Besides “The Stephen Colbert Bridge” is a pretty bad name.
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It's named after Ben Calf Robe's father, Calf Robe.