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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.
91st Battalion, Qu'Appelle, N.W.T. - [1885?].
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
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.
Annette, The Métis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
Any Important Form: Louis Riel in Sculpture
The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812-1919
See chapter four: Emboldened by Bad Behaviour: The Conduct-of the 147 Canadian Army in the Northwest, 1870 to 1873 by Jim McKillip.
Assignment: “The 1885 Rebellion”
At the Cultural and Religious Crossroads: Sara Riel and the Grey Nuns in the Canadian Northwest, 1848-1883
The Attitude of the Roman Catholic Clergy Towards the Rebellions in 1870 and 1885
Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
Bibliographie: Louis Riel c. Canada: les années rebelles
Most references published in English.
Bibliography from Louis Riel c. Canada: les années rebelles.
Big Bear at Stony Mountain Penitentiary
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
Book Review
Brandon and the Saskatchewan Rebellion
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
"Canon T. Clarke a Veteran of the West--In 50 Years Has Seen the West Transformed."
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
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
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 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.
A Chapter From the North-West Rebellion
Chapter XX -- "The Rebellion of 1885"
Chapter XXII -- "The Battleford Column"
Chief One Arrows Spirit Returns Home to People
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert.
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.
"Conspiracy and Treason": The Red River Resistance From an Expansionist Perspective
Cool Things in the Collection: Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assemby of Assiniboia, 1870
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 Relating to Disturbances at Red River, 1869-70
Correspondence Relative to the Recent Disturbances in the Red River Settlement
The Creation of Manitoba; or, A History of the Red River Troubles
Crisis at Red River
A Critical History of the Red River Insurrection after Official Documents and Non-Catholic Sources
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Dispossession or Adaptation? Migration and Persistence of the Red River Métis, 1835‑1890
Dispossession vs. Accommodation in Plaintiff vs. Defendent Accounts of Métis Dispersal from Manitoba, 1870-1881
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).