Batoche and the Northwest Revisited: A Century of Search and Development - Program. - 2-4 May 1985.

Convention program for the Canadian Association of Social Studies and the Saskatchewan Council of Social Studies Teachers, held in Saskatoon, SK. The convention focus is on Batoche and the Northwest Resistance, with guest speakers including Grant MacEwan.

Historical note:

Batoche, SK was the site of the historic Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. The battle resulted in the defeat of Louis Riel and his Métis forces by Major General Frederick Middleton and his Northwest Field Force.The Métis settlement of Batoche (named after Xavier Letendre dit Batoche) was established in 1872. By 1885 it numbered 500 people. The Metis of the area settled on river lots, and the community contained several stores as well as the Roman Catholic Church of St. Antoine de Padoue at the time of the Rebellion. Batoche was the de-facto capital of Riel's Provisional Government of Saskatchewan.Batoche is a Southbranch Settlement. It is situated mainly along the east bank of the South Saskatchewan River between St. Laurent and Fish Creek, SK, NE of Saskatoon.
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Canadian Association of Social Studies, Saskatchewan Council of Social Studies Teachers
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1985-05
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University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, Canadiana Pamphlets Collection, LXII-23a-BatocheAnd (Box 60); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
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