Images from the unveiling of the Batoche monument
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Black and white photograph of the unveiling of the monument erected in memory of the battle at Batoche. Church in background.
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
Historical note:
James Morrow Walsh (22 May 1840 - 25 July 1905) was a North West Mounted Police (NWMP) officer and the first Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. Born in Prescott, Ontario, James Walsh was one of the original officers of the NWMP.Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.