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1885: Rebellion or Resistance?
Explains why the Metis prefer to use the word resistance to describe the conflicts labelled as the Red River Rebellion and North West Rebellion by the Canadian government and press.
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Annette, The Métis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
Battle of Seven Oaks: 1816
The battle was a confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company during the Pemmican War which was precipitated by a proclamation that no pemmican could be exported from the Red River Colony. The North West contingent was led by Cuthbert Grant and included a large number of Métis.
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
The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Day of the Fur-Trade to the Era of the Railway and the Settler: With Incidents of Travel in the Region, and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
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.
Chapter 8: The Métis: Conflict at Red River [Student Quiz]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Student Quiz]
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.
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
The Confrontation at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois
The Confrontations at Rivière aux Îlets-de-Bois
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.
Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
Correspondence Relative to the Recent Disturbances in the Red River Settlement
The Creation of Manitoba; or, A History of the Red River Troubles
A Critical History of the Red River Insurrection after Official Documents and Non-Catholic Sources
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Divided Loyalties
Early Printing in the Red River Settlement, 1859-1870, and It's Effect on the Riel Rebellion
An Episode of the North-West Rebellion 1885
Extracts from the Newspapers of the East Bearing on the North - West and particularly on the Red River Settlement and Disturbances There.
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
The Forks and the Battle of Seven Oaks in Manitoba History
The Fur Trade and Western Canadian Society 1670-1870
Gabriel Dumont's Account of the North West Rebellion, 1885
Gabriel Dumont : The Métis Chief and His Lost World
A General Statement and Report Relative to the Disturbances in the Indian Territories of British North America for Inquiring into the Offences Committed in the Said Indian Territories ...
The Half-Breed "Rising" of 1875
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Histoire abrégée de l'Ouest Canadien: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta et Grand-Nord
History of Manitoba: From the Earliest Settlement to 1835 ... ; and From 1835 to the Admission of the Province into the Dominion
History of North Dakota
"with a new preface and postscript".
History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
"Holding Their End Up in Splendid Style": Indigenous People and Canada's First World War
Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
Jemmy Jock Bird: Marginal Man on the Blackfoot Frontier
[John Franklin Boyd]
Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
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.