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Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
The Amnesty: Memoir on the Causes of the Troubles in the Northwest and the Negotiations That Brought about Their Amicable Settlement
Translation of an article which appeared in Le Nouveau Monde, February 4, 1874.
Articles by Z.M. Hamilton on Life in the 19th Century North-West
Big Bear at Stony Mountain Penitentiary
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
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 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 Cypress Hills Massacre—A Century’s Retrospect
The Half-Breed "Rising" of 1875
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Her Majesty's Justice Be Done: Métis Legal Mobilization and the Pitfalls to Indigenous Political Movement Building
The History of Street Gangs in Winnipeg From 1945 to 1997: A Qualitative Newspaper Analysis of Gang Activity
Indian Record (Vol. 36, Nos. 5-6, May-June, 1973)
Law and Criminal Labels: The Case of the French Métis in Western Canada
Laws and Societies in the Canadian West, 1670-1940
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Metis and Merchant Capital in Red River: The Decline of Pointe a Grouette, 1860-1885
Métis Claims to "Indian" Title in Manitoba, 1860-1870
A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One: The Mounted Police and Prohibition in the North-West Territories, 1874-91
Procés des Personnes Impliquées dans l'insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
The Queen vs. Louis Riel, Accused and Convicted of the Crime of High Treason: Report of Trial at Regina - Appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench Manitoba - Appeal to the Privy Council, England-Petition for Medical Examination of the Convict - List of Petitions for Commutation of Sentence
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
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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.