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 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 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.
Closing the Economic Gap in Northern Manitoba: Sustained Economic Development for Manitoba's First Nation Communities
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.
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Federal/Provincial Disputes, Natural Resources and the Treaty No. 3 Ojibway, 1867-1924
First Nations Women and Sustainability on the Canadian Prairies
The Future of the Churchill
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
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.
Hydro-Electric Development and the Process of Negotiation in Northern Manitoba, 1960-1977
Indigenous Peoples’ Land And Resource Rights
Introduction to Documents: Indian Hunting Rights, Natural Resources Transfer Agreements and Legal Opinions From the Department of Justice
It's Our Time: First Nations Education Tool Kit: Teacher's Guide (National and Manitoba)
Keeyask Generation Project: Report on Public Hearing
Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Activity and Resources
Website contains links to game in which students make choices about what the Red River Settlement's people should do leading up to the creation of Manitoba; teacher resources; and other resources arranged by theme.
Related Material: From the Past Into the Future: Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Teacher’s Guide.
Louis Riel Spy Mission Task 2016
Mock letter from John A. Macdonald requesting students infiltrate the Red River Settlement to gather information. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Manito Gitigaan Governing in the Great Spirit's Garden: Wild Rice in Treaty # 3: An Example of Indigenous Government Public Policy Making and Intergovernmental Relations Between the Boundary Waters Anishinaabeg and the Crown, 1869-1994
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.
Native People and Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba, 1957-1987: The Promise and the Reality
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.
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
Reader's Theatre: Grade 2 Social Studies: The Signing of Treaty Six
Four scenes, each taking place at a different location (Ottawa, Fort Garry, outside Fort Carleton and Fort Carleton) and involving individuals significant to the negotiations such as Governor Alexander Morris, James McKay, Chief Ahatahkakoop, Chief Mistawasis, Poundmaker and Peter Erasmus. Includes discussion questions and short biographies.
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.