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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 Children’s Health: Leaving No Child Behind
Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
The Buffalo Hunt
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.
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.
Creating a Culturally Relevant Environmental Management System for a Métis Workplace
The Dissolution of a Métis Community: Pointe à Grouette, 1860-1885
Gabriel Dumont
Health Research, Entitlements and Health Services for First Nations and Métis Women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
A Legal Guide to Aboriginal Drinking Water: A Prairie Province Perspective
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
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.
Métis Families and Schools: The Decline and Reclamation of Métis Identities in Saskatchewan, 1885-1980
Msgr. Provencher and the Native People of Red River, 1818-1853
Native Judgments: John Bunn and the General Quarterly Court in Red River
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
Reclaiming the Red River: Creating Métis Cultural Spaces in Winnipeg
Red River Insurgence, 1869-70
The Skirmish at Seven Oaks
Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.