Laurier's Indian Guard (reverse)
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The back of a postcard (See Laurier's Indian Guard) depicting First Nations men on parade with Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Prince Albert, SK.
Letter to editor by Ralph Paul, Chief of the English River First Nation, being denied his rights as a chief to question Minister Chuck Strahl.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Translations of correspondence with and by Riel, mainly written in 1885.
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Part 2. Social Studies Grade 10. Power points look at the issues and events that were the impetus for the Red River and the North-West Resistance.