Jean Baptiste Wilkie (c. 1803–1886) was a Métis warrior, buffalo hunter and chief from the area of Pembina, North Dakota.
[2] After the Hudson's Bay Company began to restrict Métis trade, the family relocated to Pembina in the 1840s, where Wilkie continued to hunt buffalo.
[2] Wilkie acquired a reputation for leadership and skill, and eventually became regarded as "the chief of the Half Breeds in the Pembina/St.
Wilkie and Peter Grant traveled to Washington and met with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who provided them with ammunition.
The meeting started off tense, and the Dakota warriors were said to have been so angry that they slashed the cloth covering the lodge.