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Encounter [Marie-Anne Lagimodière]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maggie Siggins
The Beaver, vol. 82, no. 5, October/November 2002, p. 51
Brief profile of Marie-Anne Lagimodière, grandmother to Louis Riel, reported to be the first white woman to live in the West .
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Encountering Mary: Apparitions, Roadside Shrines, and the Métis of the Westside

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Fehr
MacKinley Darlington
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 29-40
Study uses oral interviews to engage Métis understandings of Marian apparitions and shrines in and surrounding Sakitawak (Île-à-la-Crosse); authors work to discuss Métis spirituality in a way that makes sense to community members and that also challenges outsiders presumptions about the relationship between the Métis and Mary. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 29.
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Ending an Era

Alternate Title
Métis Development in the Canadian West ; 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
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An Episode of the North-West Rebellion 1885

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[George Johnstone] Kinnaird
Saskatchewan History, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring, 1967, pp. 71-75
An account written by George Johnstone Kinnaird, an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) who was living in Fort Ellice, Manitoba at the time of the conflict. Contains commentary on the Métis and different First Nations involved in the uprising from military and HBC perspectives. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 71.
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The Establishment of Manitoba’s First Provincial Government

Articles » General
Author/Creator
F.A. Milligan
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 5, Series 3, 1948-49, p. [?]
Examines the issues Governor Archibald faced as he attempted to create the structures necessary to run the newly formed province.
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Ethnogenesis: Settlement and Growth of a "New People"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Peterson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 06, no. 2, 1982, pp. 23-64
Examines the rise of the Metis nation and culture particularly in the Great Lakes Region.
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Eugene "Charlie" Boucher

Images » Photographs
Charles-Eugene "Charlie" Boucher, Conservative Member of the Territorial Assembly for Batoche. He resided between St. Laurent and St. Louis Saskatchewan. In 1886 he married Helen Letendre.
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Eva Owl Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Eva Owl
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview where she mentions certain stories told to her as a child.
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Evelyn Victoria Windsor Interview #3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Evelyn Victoria Windsor
David Stevenson
Indian History Film Project
General reminiscences of her life and work.
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[Ewing Commission Report]

Alternate Title
[Report of the Alberta Enquiry Into and Concerning the Problems of Health, Education, Relief and General Welfare of the Half-Breed Population of the Province]
[Report of the Royal Commission on the Condition of the Half-Breed Population of the Province of Alberta.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Freeman Ewing
Edward Ainslie Braithwaite
James McCrie Douglas

Purpose of the commission was to "make enquiry into the condition of the half-breed population of the Province of Alberta, keeping particularly in mind the health, education, relief and general welfare of such population". As a result of the recommendations contained in the report the Métis Betterment Act was enacted and Métis Settlements were established.

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Exiled, Executed, Exalted: Louis Riel, Homo Sacer and the Production of Canadian Sovereignty

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 43, no. 3, 2010, pp. 711-732
Looks at Riel's exile in 1870 after the Red River Rebellion; examines the tensions between French and English Canada over Riel's execution; and discusses the two statues which serve as a metaphor for the relationship between liberal and colonial dynamics in Canada political history.
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Exiled, Executed, Exalted: Louis Riel, Homo Sacer and the Production of Canadian Sovereignty

Alternate Title
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 80th, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
Looks at Riel's exile in 1870 after the Red River Rebellion; examines the tensions between French and English Canada over Riel's execution; and discusses the two statues which serve as a metaphor for the relationship between liberal and colonial dynamics in Canadian political history. Later published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 43, no. 3, 2010.
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Explore Presents the Hudson's Bay Company: Part 1: Waskaganish

Alternate Title
The Rise of the Métis
Explore: A Canadian Geographic Podcast
Early Explorers
The Royal Charter
Blankets and Moccasins
Treasures of the Fur Trade
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
David McGuffin

Podcast series about the history of the  company.

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Father Louis Pierre Gravel and the Settlement of the Gravelbourg Area

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beckey Hamilton
Saskatchewan History, vol. 59, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 3-19
A historical sketch of the Gravelbourg Saskatchewan area; examines previous assumptions about the role played by Catholic priests in the settlement of Western Canada. Contains information on different Francophone and Métis families that settled in the area. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
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Felix Ovide Boyer Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Felix Ovide Boyer
Indian History Film Project
The interview includes discussion concerning home, work and social situations.
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Finding Home on the Way: Naming the Métis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy Belisle
Prairie Forum, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 105-120
Delves into the challenges in naming and defining Canadian mixed-blood Aboriginals and also discusses the connotations of the term "Half-breed".
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"Finding" Metis Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sebastien Grammond
Lynne Groulx
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 33-48
Examines the legal criteria for Métis identity, including self-identification, connections to a historic community, and acceptance by a community.
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Fine Day Interview #12

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Fine Day
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he discusses separation in marriage and the consequences of adultery.
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Fine Day Interview #37

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Fine Day
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he gives a brief account of the role of the Cree in the Riel Rebellion.
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Firing of Canons and Rifles at Louis Riel Day

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatoon City Council
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 18, 1984 regarding an application from the Saskatoon Muzzleloading Club to gain permission to fire a cannon and muzzleloading rifles at the 16th Annual Louis Riel Day. Council recommends permission be granted subject to any Administrative conditions.
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"First Assembly of the First Legislature of Manitoba"

Archival » Archival Items
File contains a programme for the unveiling of a memorial tablet of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. It commemorates the place of the first assembly of the first Legislature of Manitoba, 15 March 1871. There is a list of all members of the legislative council and assembly.
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The First Expedition for the Relief of Battleford Attacked by Halfbreeds - Sketch. - 1885.

Images » Photographs
Note: The title 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. A sketch of a steamboat, possibly the Northcote, coming under Metis fire during the Northwest Resistance. The title is apparently erroneous as there was only one relief expedition to Battleford and it neither came under fire or involved river boats.
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The First Shot Rang Out

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre

Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.

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"Fleury, Patrice"

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Patrice Fleury
File contains the reminiscences of Patrice Fleury who was born in Red River in 1842. He describes Metis Buffalo hunts and the debates in the community leading up to the Riel Rebellion of 1885.
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