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  Iron, IIIAB

TKW 175 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1869, sort of (see Contributor Info), Alberta, Canada.




        ^{Manitou’s Meteorite}

MPOD writes:

From Earth Sciences History:

Canada's Iron Creek meteorite, a 320 lb (145 kg) Group IIIAB medium octahedrite iron, was long venerated by the First Nations in Alberta as their sacred Manitou Stone, but it was taken without authority from them by Methodist missionaries in 1866. That began the meteorite's long odyssey, as it was transferred first to the Methodist Mission in Victoria (now Pakan) Alberta; then to the Red River Mission in Winnipeg, Manitoba; then to the Wesleyan Methodist Church's Mission Rooms in Toronto, Ontario; then to Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario; then to the campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario; then to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto; and finally to the Provincial Museum of Alberta (now the Royal Alberta Museum) in Edmonton. In recent years, a First Nations movement to repatriate the meteorite to a place near its original find site has been initiated. As of now, the meteorite remains on display at the Royal Alberta Museum's Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture, where it is a prized showpiece.

From Edmonton Community Foundation:

Centuries ago, a fireball streaked through the Alberta sky, crashing into the prairie overlooking Iron Creek in East Central Alberta.

The Plains Cree named the meteorite 'papamihaw asiniy' – flying rock. Many noticed it was shaped like the head of a buffalo. Others saw a face in the rock and believed it was the Creator’s. Over time, papamihaw asiniy became an object of great spiritual power. Cree and Blackfoot made pilgrimages to it before a buffalo hunt. The area around it became a gathering place for contemplation and ceremony.

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