Bringing it Back: The Meaning of Tobacco to Manitoba's Metis Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Bonnie Lea Mutch
Description
Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.
Linguistics Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 1989.
Looks at the need to include Métis boarding schools and day schools in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement in order for survivors to claim compensation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
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.
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.Describes various sources and strategies available to those researching Métis peoples.