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1885: Metis Rebellion or Government Conspiracy?
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 Labour in the North-West
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
Adams, Dr. Howard
Historical note:
All My Relations (Identity and Indigeneity)
The Amazing Adventures of Christina and Nan: Christina Henry’s Trip Diary, “Northern Saskatchewan Holiday,” with Annotations by Duff Spafford, Nadine Charabin, Bonnie Wagner, Christine Charmbury, and Myrna Williams
Ambroise Lepine
AMNSIS Local # 7 Presenting a Cheque to Save the Log Church at St Laurent, SK
Angus McKay in his Garden at La Ronge
Any Important Form: Louis Riel in Sculpture
Archeological Dig at Batoche
[Association Interprovinciale Watching Over Our Schools]
Letter sent to the Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs protesting the fact that French is not being taught at the Duck Lake Indian School. States that this is contrary the Act of Union signed in 1840. Translated from the French.
At Devil Lake
Historical note:
Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.At Snake Plains (Men Posing in front of tent)
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At Snake Plains (picnic)
Historical note:
Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.At the Cultural and Religious Crossroads: Sara Riel and the Grey Nuns in the Canadian Northwest, 1848-1883
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
Les Autres Métis: The English Métis of the Prince Albert Settlement 1862-1886
Back to Batoche
Back To Batoche: A Cultural Centre for The Metis Nation of Saskatchewan
Batoche
Batoche (1870-1910)
Batoche Historic Site: Public Comment on the Themes and Objectives
Report dealing with the National Historic Park at Batoche and discussing various proposed improvements and difficulties. Includes discussion of archeaology, classification, preservation, tourist facilities, ecology, historical representation and other issues encountered by the Park.
Batoche Interactive Theatre Proves to be Larger Than Life
Batoche National Historic Site / Development of the Management Plan for Batoche / Parks Canada's response to Public Comment on the Plan Alternatives.- Report. - June 1982.
Batoche Project
Discusses the 1885 Resistance from the Métis perspective.
Batoche Rectory National Parks Sign
Batoche Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
Battle of Batoche Remembered 125 Years Later
Battleford Beleaguered: 1885: The Story of the Riel Uprising from the Columns of the Saskatchewan Herald
Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
Biographies of Métis Community Leaders
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
The Buffalo Hunt
The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Campsite at Cussed Creek
Historical note:
Writers were unable to find any information on a "Battle of Cussed Creek" between First Nations and the Yorkton Home Guard in 1885. The Yorkton Home Guard was a locally organized militia company which was compensated for services in 1885 by the Federal Government.Canada. Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Park Canada
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
Canadian History - Historic Sites and Monuments - Batoche
Case Study Report: Willow Bunch Healing Project
Cemetery at Batoche
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.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.