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The Amnesty: Memoir on the Causes of the Troubles in the Northwest and the Negotiations That Brought about Their Amicable Settlement
Translation of an article which appeared in Le Nouveau Monde, February 4, 1874.
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.
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.
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.
Cool Things in the Collection: Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assemby of Assiniboia, 1870
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
“Eskimo” Immigrants and Colonial Soldiers: Icelandic Immigrants and the North-West Resistance, 1885.
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
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.
Indians of the Prairie Provinces / (An Historical Review)
Laws and Societies in the Canadian West, 1670-1940
Louis Riel and the Fenian Raid of 1871
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel / Manitoban / 1844-1885 - Booklet. - 1971.
Louis Riel / Part One - W.O. Mitchell.
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.
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.
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]
Rebellion, 1885 - Order book of the North-West Field Force.
Rebellion, 1885 - To Gen. Middleton and the Soldiers of the North-west Expeditionary Forces - Proclamation. - 15 July 1885.
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
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Augustine Abraham, Presidente, l'Union nationale metisse St-Joseph du Manitoba
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.