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 Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
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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 Project
Discusses the 1885 Resistance from the Métis perspective.
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
Battleford Beleaguered: 1885: The Story of the Riel Uprising from the Columns of the Saskatchewan Herald
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
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 and the Métis, 1869-1885
Canada. Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Park Canada
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
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 [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Criminal Empire: The Making of the Savage in a Lawless Land
Delima F. Parenteau Interview
The Diaries of Louis Riel
The Diary of Lieut. J.A.V. Preston, 1885
Ending an Era
An Episode of the North-West Rebellion 1885
The First Expedition for the Relief of Battleford Attacked by Halfbreeds - Sketch. - 1885.
The Fur Trade and Western Canadian Society 1670-1870
Gabriel Dumont : The Métis Chief and His Lost World
Gentleman Joe McKay & Mistawasis sitting
A Glimpse of 1885
The Half-Breed "Rising" of 1875
Histoire abrégée de l'Ouest Canadien: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta et Grand-Nord
A historical guide displaying Gabriel Dumont's Lefacheaux .38 Revolver
A History of Riel's Second Rebellion and How It Was Quelled
History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century
The Illustrated War News, Nos. 1 to 18 Inclusive: Containing All the Illustrations Referring to the North-West Rebellion of 1885, from Its Outbreak to the Return and Disbanding of Troops
Includes text and images.
In Memory of Mary Rose (Pritchard) Sayers: The Last Witness
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
James Brady #5
James Walsh Papers - Letter to Cora Walsh from J.M. Walsh - 31 May 1890.
Jemmy Jock Bird: Marginal Man on the Blackfoot Frontier
[John Franklin Boyd]
Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.