Adams, Dr. Howard
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A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
File contains hand written and typed notes of historian George Shepherd, dated from 1937-1974. The notes include several pages on Aboriginal history in the North-West, that were scanned for this database. This includes a wide variety of material: from copy of a letter written by Louis Riel, to a list of the reserves in Saskatchewan in 1962 and their estimated landbase and populations.
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Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
Substantial excerpt from graphic novel about a Metis girl who finds herself transported back in time to the buffalo hunt, conflict between the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the historic Battle of Seven Oaks. Suggested grade level 8-12.
Text in English and Michif.
Anthology merges two previously published works: My Life in Residential School and Remembering Will Have to Do.
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The purpose of the "Riel Project" was to publish a critical edition of all the writings of Louis Riel. The edition was to present a printed version faithful to what Riel himself wrote, being "critical" in the sense that errors will be noted, variants recorded, and annotations furnished. In English / French.