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Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
The Buffalo Hunt
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
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.
Gabriel Dumont
Historic Métis Settlements in Manitoba and Geographical Place Names
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.
Msgr. Provencher and the Native People of Red River, 1818-1853
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Paulet Paul: Métis or “House Indian” Folk-Hero?
Persistent Settlers: The Dispersal and Resettlement of the Red River Métis, 1870-1885
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.
Red River Insurgence, 1869-70
Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961
The Skirmish at Seven Oaks
Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.