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The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Digital Archives Database
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
An Episode of the North-West Rebellion 1885
"Fleury, Patrice"
[Fred Shore]
Gabriel Dumont's Account of the North West Rebellion, 1885
Giraud, M., "Note on the Half-Breed Problem in Manitoba," 1937.
Icelandic Immigrants and First Nations People in Canada
Indigenous Voices
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
The Last Buffalo Hunter
Manitoba: Its Infancy, Growth, and Present Condition
Les memoires de Louis Schmidt. 8 Juin 1911.
Metis Voices / Metis Life
Personal narratives of Elders from Barrows, Cold Lake, Cranberry Portage, Crane River, Cross Lake, Duck Bay, Mallard, Manigotagan, Moose Lake, Norway House, Pelican Rapids, and Wabowden, communities located in Manitoba.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
"Nobody's Children"
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
On the Causes of the Rising in the Red River Settlement, 1869-70
On the Old Saskatchewan Trail
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
Pemmican Wars
Substantial excerpt from graphic novel about a Metis girl who finds herself transported back in time to the buffalo hunt, conflict between the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the historic Battle of Seven Oaks. Suggested grade level 8-12.
Places Not Our Own
Rebellion, 1885 - Order book of the North-West Field Force.
The Red River Buffalo Hunt from Red River Settlement
Excerpt from The Red River Settlement describing the spring hunt of 1840.
The Red River Insurrection: Three Letters and a Narrative of Events
The Red River Rebellion
Reflections of Yesterday & Today
Reminiscences of the Red River Rebellion of 1869
Consists principally of extracts from newspapers.
Report of Interview Dr. L.H. Thomas and Mr. Gabriel Leveille
Historical note:
Resources for Métis Researchers
Teacher Guide for A Gial Called ECHO: Learning about the History and Culture of the Métis Nation in Grades 6–8
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
Tragic Events at Frog Lake and Fort Pitt During the North West Rebellion, Part 1
Tragic Events at Frog Lake and Fort Pitt During the North West Rebellion, Part 2
Tragic Events at Frog Lake and Fort Pitt During the North West Rebellion, Part 3
Tragic Events at Frog Lake and Fort Pitt During the North West Rebellion, Part 4
Tragic Events at Frog Lake and Fort Pitt During the North West Rebellion, Part 5
Traill Papers
Turning Pages - Dr. Evelyn Peters on Rooster Town
Vanishing Spaces: Memoirs of Louis Goulet
Translation of L'espace de Louis Goulet.