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.
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
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century
Louis Riel : Firebrand
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
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.
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
The Red River Resistance of 1869-1870: The Machiavellian Moment of the Métis of Manitoba
Political Science Thesis (PhD) -- University of Ottawa, 2011.
Report of the Select Committee on the Causes of the Difficulties in North-West Territories in 1869-70
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.