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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.
The Canadians and the Métis: The Re-Creation of Manitoba, 1858-1872
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.
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
“Eskimo” Immigrants and Colonial Soldiers: Icelandic Immigrants and the North-West Resistance, 1885.
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
Framing Canada's Aboriginal Peoples: A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous and Mainstream Television News
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century
Indian Record (Vol. 36, Nos. 5-6, May-June, 1973)
Indian Record (Vol. XXIII, No. 2, February, 1960)
Louis Riel : Firebrand
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
The Métis of the South Saskatchewan: [Vol. 1 Draft Manuscript]
Our Land
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
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.
Report of the Select Committee on the Causes of the Difficulties in North-West Territories in 1869-70
The Riel Rebellion of 1869: New Light on British Liberals and the Use of Force on the Canadian Frontier
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Co-Chairman Georges Erasmus
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Kenneth Emberley
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.