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Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Commission to Study Halfbreed Land Claims - 1901
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Contesting the Colonial Order on the Canadian Prairies: Government Policy, Indigenous Resistance and the Administration of Treaty 6, 1870-1890
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
Diefenbaker at Batoche cemetery
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.Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
Ending an Era
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
The Gibbet of Regina: The Truth about Riel: Sir John A. Macdonald and His Cabinet before Public Opinion by One Who Knows
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
History of the North-West [vol. 2]
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
In Memory of Mary Rose (Pritchard) Sayers: The Last Witness
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
"Just Do It!" Self-Determination For Complex Minorities
Louis Riel and the Fenian Raid of 1871
Louis Riel, Justice and Métis Self-Identification: Literary Politics for Survival in the Evolution of Canadian Nationhood
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel / Part One - W.O. Mitchell.
Louis Riel’s Letter to President Grant, 1875
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
The Metis: Colonization, Culture Change and the Saskatchewan Rebellion of 1885
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1976.
Métis Resistance Part 1
Part 2. Social Studies Grade 10. Power points look at the issues and events that were the impetus for the Red River and the North-West Resistance.
North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
Parks Canada and the 1885 Rebellion/Uprising/Resistance
The Political Game and the Bounds of Personal Honour: Sir Fredrick Middleton and the Bremner Furs
Rebellion, 1885 - Order book of the North-West Field Force.
Rebellion, 1885 - Some Causes of Unrest Among Indians in the Early "80s."
The Red River Rebellion: The Cause of It in a Series of Letters to the British Government on the Importance of Opening the Overland Route through Rupert's Land ...
Report of the Select Committee on the Causes of the Difficulties in North-West Territories in 1869-70
Request for the City of Saskatoon to send a Representative to Batoche
Research Report on Metis Rights
"Riel Rebellion"
"Riel … vivra dans notre histoire": The Response of French Canadians in the United States to Louis Riel's Execution
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Augustine Abraham, Presidente, l'Union nationale metisse St-Joseph du Manitoba
[Saskatoon Public Schools -Treaty Education Resources]: Grade Four
Social 7, Ch. 8 Study Guide
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Steele Narrows: A Saskatchewan Historic Site
Historical note:
The Battle of Loon Lake concluded the Northwest Resistance on June 3 and was the last battle ever fought on Canadian soil.