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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.
Adams, Dr. Howard
Historical note:
All My Relations (Identity and Indigeneity)
[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 the Cultural and Religious Crossroads: Sara Riel and the Grey Nuns in the Canadian Northwest, 1848-1883
The Buffalo Hunt
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.
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.
Defining Métis: Catholic Missionaries and the Idea of Civilization in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845-1898
Delima F. Parenteau Interview
Ending an Era
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience: Workshop Guide
Gabriel Dumont
Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan
Grade Eight Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Histoire abrégée de l'Ouest Canadien: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta et Grand-Nord
"Indians, 1923-1962."
Indigenous Digital Storytelling in Video: Witnessing with Alma Desjarlais
Lloyd Chief Interview
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: Changing Perceptions
Macdougall, Brenda, Discusses the Community of Ile a la Crosse (01)
Mapping History: Lessons in History from Township Map of the Qu’Appelle Valley, Township 21, Range 13, West of the 2nd Meridian
Métis Agriculture in Saskatchewan
Métis Families and Schools: The Decline and Reclamation of Métis Identities in Saskatchewan, 1885-1980
Métis Resistance Part 1
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.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
"Nobody's Children"
The North-West Rebellion
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Remembering Will Have to Do: The Life and Times of Louise (Trottier) Moine
Anthology merges two previously published works: My Life in Residential School and Remembering Will Have to Do.
Resources for Métis Researchers
Rev. Louis M. Adam
"Riel Rebellion"
Road Allowance Era
Excerpt from graphic novel focuses on the trial and execution of Louis Riel.
"Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 126: Travelodge Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernice Hammersmith, Secretary Metis Society
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by BillyJo De La Ronde, Labour Canada
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Clem Chartier
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gloria Mehlmann and Karen Chamone, Indian and Metis Advisory Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Métis Society of Saskatchewan, Senator Vital Morin
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Morgan McLeod, Metis Youth of Stanley Mission
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Nelson Sanderson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Robert Mercredi, Metis Society of Saskatchewan
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Senator Edward Head
[Saskatoon Public Schools -Treaty Education Resources]: Grade Five
[Saskatoon Public Schools -Treaty Education Resources]: Grade Four
Social 7, Ch. 8 Study Guide
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.