Portrait etching of Michel Dumais. Note on photograph: "Michel Dumas (not Dumais) from an old newspaper 1885".
Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
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Publication Date
1885
Credit
University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, Morton Manuscripts Collection, C550-1-24.1-Michel (Box 36); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
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Images -- Photographs
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Image
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