Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Mendelson
Description
Focuses on demographics and statistical tables.
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.
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Historical note:
Letter written to his mother on November 15, 1885, the day before his execution.
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).
Historical note:
The purpose of the "Riel Project" was to publish a critical edition of all the writings of Louis Riel. The edition was to present a printed version faithful to what Riel himself wrote, being "critical" in the sense that errors will be noted, variants recorded, and annotations furnished. In English / French.Excerpt from graphic novel focuses on the trial and execution of Louis Riel.
"Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy."