Search
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
An Act further to amend The Indian Act, Chapter Forty-Three of the Revised Statutes. [Assented to 22nd May, 1888].
Beyond Doctrines of Dominance: Conceptualizing a Path to Legal Recognition and Affirmation of the Manitoba Métis Treaty
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
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.
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
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.
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
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.
The Dispersal of the Métis
The Ermatingers: A 19th Century Ojibwa-Canadian Family
Fighting the War Within: A Look at Ontario Métis Life and the Creation of a New Standard Post-Powley
"First Assembly of the First Legislature of Manitoba"
Fragmentation and Realignment: The Continuing Cycle of Métis and Non-Status Indian Political Organizations in Canada
Further Information on Section 31 Manitoba Act Métis Grants
Glimpses into the Laws and Governance of the Historic Métis Nation
The Half-Breed "Rising" of 1875
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
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.
Hybrid Identities in Canada's Red River Colony
Identifying and Quantifying Métis 'Élite': An Analysis of Relative Wealth, Based on Red River Settlement Censuses of 1835
Law and Criminal Labels: The Case of the French Métis in Western Canada
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Lord Selkirk's Work in Canada
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 Insanity Reconsidered
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada (Attorney General): Understanding the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision
Memorandum in Support of an Address to Her Majesty from the Inhabitants of Red River Settlement, Praying to be Formed Into A Crown Colony
Memorandum on the Subject of the Public Lands in the Province of Manitoba
Metis and Merchant Capital in Red River: The Decline of Pointe a Grouette, 1860-1885
Métis Children and Families, and the Child Welfare System: An Urban Winnipeg Perspective: Prepared For Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair
Métis Claims to "Indian" Title in Manitoba, 1860-1870
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Metis Lands in Manitoba
A Métis Treaty Through the Lens of International Law
Native Judgments: John Bunn and the General Quarterly Court in Red River
The Northwest Scrip Commissions as Federal Policy - Some Initial Findings
Our Land
Persistent Settlers: The Dispersal and Resettlement of the Red River Métis, 1870-1885
Preliminary Investigation and Trial of Ambroise D. Lepine for the Murder of Thomas Scott, Being a Full Report ...
Provisional Government of Assiniboia: Acknowledging the Contribution of Original North American Peoples to the Creation of Manitoba
The Queen vs. Louis Riel, Accused and Convicted of the Crime of High Treason: Report of Trial at Regina - Appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench Manitoba - Appeal to the Privy Council, England-Petition for Medical Examination of the Convict - List of Petitions for Commutation of Sentence
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).