Louis Riel's Last Letter

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis Riel
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 5, no. 1, September 1959, p. [?]
Description

Letter written to his mother on November 15, 1885, the day before his execution.

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[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Ivana Nad'ová]
Description
Overview of the history of the Métis people from events proceeding the Manitoba Act to the trial and execution of Louis Riel. Bachelor's Diploma Thesis towards undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2006.
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Louis Riel Spy Mission Task 2016

Alternate Title
Dominion of Canada Classified Document 1869
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J. Ditson
Description

Mock letter from John A. Macdonald requesting students infiltrate the Red River Settlement to gather information. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies.

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Louis Riel Trial (1885)

Alternate Title
Famous Trials
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Douglas O. Linder
Description

Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.

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Making Birch Bark Talk

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross Mitchell
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 9, no. 2, January 1964, p. [?]
Description
Describes how Rev. James Evans came to invent Cree syllabics for the use of his students at Norway House.
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[The Making of a Virtual Indian Residential School]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Presentation introduces the initiative and reflects on some of the key challenges facing researchers involved with the Embodying Empathy project which seeks to construct a digital representation of a Canadian Indian Residential School. Duration: 1:27:51.
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The Making of the Prairie Landscape

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John C. Lehr
John Everitt
Simon Evans
Prairie Forum, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-38
Description
Comments on the cultural landscape of the Canadian Prairies and how it is made up by both the ethnicity and history of its people.
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Mamiskotamaw: "Oral History," Indigenous Method" and Canadian Law in Three Books

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Signa Daum Shanks
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall, 2004, pp. 181-192
Description
Book reviews of: Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan; Our Dream is That Our Peoples Will One Day Be Recognized as Nations, by Harold Cardinal; They Will Have Our Words: The Dene Elders Project, Volume 2, produced by Lynda Holland, Mary Ann Kkailther; They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing, as Told by Alice Ahenakew.
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Man and Resources of the Canadian Plains

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. O. Kupsch
Prairie Forum, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall, 1984, pp. 181-201
Description
Outlines the progression of mineral resource use in the Canadian Plains, from surface minerals, to buried deposits such as oil, gas, coal, potash, sodium, sulphate and sulphur.
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The Man Who Made Birch Bark Talk

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene Craig
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 4, no. 2, January 1959, p. [?]
Description
Profile of Rev. James Evans who designed a Cree syllabics system.
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Managing the Forgotten North: Governance Structures and Administrative Operations of Canada's Provincial Norths

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Carin Holroyd
Joelena Leader
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 6-54
Description
Review of government structures and regional operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec.
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Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Educator Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]

Alternate Title
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Educator Guide Phase 2 [The Petroforms]
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Educator Guide Phase 3 [Thriving Communities]
Minecraft Education Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Minecraft Education Edition
Description

Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.

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Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Student Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]

Alternate Title
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Student Guide Phase 2 [The Petroforms]
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Student Guide Phase 3 [Thriving Communities]
Minecraft Education Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Minecraft Education Edition
Description

Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.

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Manitoba Aboriginal Kindred with Original Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal (COFS) Syndrome Has a Mutation in the Cockayne Syndrome Group B (CSB) Gene

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisiane B. Meira
John M. Graham
Cheryl R. Greenberg
David B. Busch
Ana T. B. Doughty
Deborah W. Ziffer
Donna M. Coleman
Isabelle Savre-Train
Errol C. Friedberg
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 66, no. 4, April 2000, pp. 1221-1228
Description
Evidence that two probands within COFS syndrome which was originally reported have cellular phenotypes indistinguishable from those in cockayne syndrome (CS) cells, which suggests that CS and COFS syndrome share a common pathogenesis.
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Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders

Alternate Title
Canadian Issues ; Spring/Summer 2021
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Wardhaugh
James Mochoruk
Barry Ferguson
Frank J. Tough
David Chartrand ... [et al.]
Description

Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.

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Manitoba and the Great North-West: The Field for Investment; the Home of the Emigrant, Being a Full and Complete History of the Country

Alternate Title
Education and Religious History of Manitoba and the North-West
History of the Great North-West
History of the Roman Catholic Missions in St. Boniface
Montana and the Bow River District Compared for Grazing Purposes
Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Winnipeg
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Macoun [George M. Grant
Alexander Begg
J.C. McLagan]
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Manitoba Arts Council

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Arts Council
Description
Information about the Council's role, the grant awards, applications, and other Council programs. Includes links to community news, events calendar, and related arts sites.
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Manitoba First Nations Oral History Survival Booklet

E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
Description
Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.
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Manitoba First Nations Regional Health Survey Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Provides information on background of the national survey, recommendations of feasibility study, development Manitoba survey and questionnaire, and presents results of key variables in graphic form.
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Manitoba First Nations Species at Risk Lesson Plans

Alternate Title
Manitoba First Nations Species at Risk Teaching Kit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Designed for use in K-12 classrooms in First Nations schools.
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Manitoba Funds Aboriginal Health Centre

Articles » General
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 157, no. 4, August 15, 1997, p. 361
Description
Short paragraph stating that the Government of Manitoba will provide some two million dollars over the next three years to fund an Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba Hydro: How to Build a Legacy of Hatred

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Canadian Dimension, vol. 38, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 24-39
Description
Describes the hydroelectric development that, due to planned flooding, relocated the entire non-reserve community of South Indian Lake. The article argues that having concluded Treaty 5, left the Cree community in no position to negotiate Aboriginal title.
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A Manitoba Indian Legend

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 7, no. 2, January 1962, p. [?]
Description
Story of Wah-ta-yap and Makoose, originally published in The Manitoban newspaper in 1872.
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Manitoba Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 16, no. 1, Autumn, 1970, p. [?]
Description
Brief description concerning the First Nations in what is now Manitoba: Swampy Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, and Dene.
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Manitoba Inuit Association’s Rapid Response to Include an Inuit Identifier within Manitoba COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Clark
Josée Gabrielle Lavoie
Nathan Nickel
Rachel Dutton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 5-14
Description
Discusses key issues related to data, inequities, and monitoring, and research opportunities that will occur as a result of the system-wide mobilization in response to the pandemic.
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