Willow Bunch

Description and evaluation of project to increase knowledge of Métis contributions to the community and pride in Métis identity. Sources of information include project files, responses to Aboriginal Healing Foundation surveys, and key informant interviews with project team and community service providers.

Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. This file contains a variety of documents pertaining to the Halfbreed Scrip Commission in the Saskatchewan District of the North West Territories following the Northwest Resistance. It also contains documents referring to the scrip issued to scouts who took part in suppressing the 1885 uprising.

Discusses the reasons for outward migration from the Red River settlement, why certain areas were chosen when relocating, and patterns of land choice and use at Willow Bunch.

Image of a group of Metis people from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan. Four youths are seated, including Clement Lacerte, seated fourth from left, who was 18 years old when this photograph was taken. At far right is a man holding the reins of a horse; [house] in background.