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Canadian Illustrated News: Images in the News: 1869-1883
The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Day of the Fur-Trade to the Era of the Railway and the Settler: With Incidents of Travel in the Region, and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
The Canadian North West Rebellion 1885: A Case Study in Counterinsurgency
"Canon T. Clarke a Veteran of the West--In 50 Years Has Seen the West Transformed."
Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Hourie, May 15, 1885
Carlton Trail
Cars at Unveiling Ceremony for Cut Knife Historical Marker
The Cast[e]ing of Heroic Landscapes of Power: Constructing Canada's Pantheon on Parliament Hill
Casualties of 1885 Battle Honoured
'The Catholic Mahdi of the North West': Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context
Cemetery at Batoche
Cemetery Project Highlights Métis Community of Batoche
Chakicum
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: Conflict at Red River [Student Quiz]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
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.
A Chapter From the North-West Rebellion
Chapter XVI -- "An Indian Murder Case"
Chapter XX -- "The Rebellion of 1885"
Chapter XXI -- "Rebellion"
Chapter XXII -- "The Battleford Column"
Chapter XXIII -- "Prince Albert And The Rebellion"
Chapter XXIV -- "Mr. Thomas McKay Tried For His Life"
Chapter XXV -- "Duck Lake"
Chapter XXVI -- "How Big Tom Hourie Swam the Saskatchewan In Running Ice with Dispatches"
Chapter XXVII -- "How Tom Hourie Captured Riel"
Chapter XXVIX -- "The Quaint Indictment -- Seduced by the Devil"
Chapter XXX -- "Louis Riel's End"
Chapter XXXI -- "Louis Riel After Death"
Chapter XXXII -- "Jack Henderson"
Chapter XXXIII -- "A Local Account of the Duck Lake Fight"
Charles Trottier
Charlie Trottier
Chief One Arrow Comes Home
Chief One Arrows Spirit Returns Home to People
Chief Pakan
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Circumstances Alter Photographs: Captain James Peters and the War of 1885
Col. Frost laying a wreath at Gabriel Dumont Cairn, Batoche
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
Colonel William Otter
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert.
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.