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Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
A Buffalo Hunt
The Canadians and the Métis: The Re-Creation of Manitoba, 1858-1872
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.
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.
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
Fighting the War Within: A Look at Ontario Métis Life and the Creation of a New Standard Post-Powley
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
A History of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia / Le Conseil du Gouvernenment Provisoire
A History of the McKay Family of St. Eustache, Manitoba, 1846 to the Present
General overview of Métis history, dispersion and employment patterns with special reference to the author's family.
Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century
Leaving Ste. Madeleine: A Michif Account
Louis Riel : Firebrand
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada (Attorney General): Understanding the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision
Memorandum on the Subject of the Public Lands in the Province of Manitoba
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Metis Lands in Manitoba
The Métis of the South Saskatchewan: [Vol. 1 Draft Manuscript]
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.
Our Land
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
See:
Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.
The Red River Resistance of 1869-1870: The Machiavellian Moment of the Métis of Manitoba
Report of the Select Committee on the Causes of the Difficulties in North-West Territories in 1869-70
Riverlots and Scrip : Elements of Metis Aboriginal Rights
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Senator Edward Head
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Vital Morin
The Scrip Solution: The North West Métis Scrip Policy, 1885--1887
Timeline of Metis Resistance
Lists significant dates from 1811 to November 16, 1885.
Trouble at Red River
Recommended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Chapter 8 from Flashback Canada by J. Bradley Cruxton and W. Doug Wilson.
Can be used in conjunction with Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River.