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Annette, The Métis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
Batoche National Historic Site / Development of the Management Plan for Batoche / Parks Canada's response to Public Comment on the Plan Alternatives.- Report. - June 1982.
Batoche Rectory National Parks Sign
The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Campsite at Cussed Creek
Historical note:
Writers were unable to find any information on a "Battle of Cussed Creek" between First Nations and the Yorkton Home Guard in 1885. The Yorkton Home Guard was a locally organized militia company which was compensated for services in 1885 by the Federal Government.Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
Canadian History - Historic Sites and Monuments - Batoche
Cemetery at Batoche
Chapter XXIV -- "Mr. Thomas McKay Tried For His Life"
Chapter XXX -- "Louis Riel's End"
Chapter XXXII -- "Jack Henderson"
Charlie Trottier
Col. Frost laying a wreath at Gabriel Dumont Cairn, Batoche
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert.
Commission to Study Halfbreed Land Claims - 1901
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
Correspondence Relative to the Recent Disturbances in the Red River Settlement
The Creation of Manitoba; or, A History of the Red River Troubles
Delima F. Parenteau Interview
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Diefenbaker at Batoche cemetery
Dr. Russell's Historical Notes
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Extracts from the Newspapers of the East Bearing on the North - West and particularly on the Red River Settlement and Disturbances There.
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
Firing of Canons and Rifles at Louis Riel Day
The First Expedition for the Relief of Battleford Attacked by Halfbreeds - Sketch. - 1885.
"Fleury, Patrice"
Fort Pitt Historic Park - Pamphlet.. - 1967.
Historical note:
[Fred Shore]
[G. F. Shepherd, Notes 1937-1974]
File contains hand written and typed notes of historian George Shepherd, dated from 1937-1974. The notes include several pages on Aboriginal history in the North-West, that were scanned for this database. This includes a wide variety of material: from copy of a letter written by Louis Riel, to a list of the reserves in Saskatchewan in 1962 and their estimated landbase and populations.
Historical note:
Gabriel Dumont - Portrait
Gentleman Joe McKay
Gentleman Joe McKay and Mistawasis on Horses
Gentleman Joe McKay & Mistawasis sitting
The Gibbet of Regina
The Gibbet of Regina: The Truth about Riel: Sir John A. Macdonald and His Cabinet before Public Opinion by One Who Knows
Giraud, M., "Note on the Half-Breed Problem in Manitoba," 1937.
Grave of Francois-Xavier "Batoche" Letendre
"Halfbreeds at Batoche"
Head and shoulders shot of Gabriel Dumont
Henry Dufresne and Charles Trottier
Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. The article appeared in the Star Phoenix October 23, 1947.