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1885: Metis Rebellion or Government Conspiracy?
The 1885 North-West Campaign Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps
Adventures of a Surveyor in the Canadian Northwest, 1880-1883
Battleford during the Rebellion of 1885
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
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.
Charles Trottier
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
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.
The Diary of Lieut. J.A.V. Preston, 1885
Ending an Era
“Eskimo” Immigrants and Colonial Soldiers: Icelandic Immigrants and the North-West Resistance, 1885.
Fort Carlton / A Saskatchewan Historic Site - Pamphlet. - 1967.
Historical note:
Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. As a Company post it primarily dealt in provisions, namely pemmican and buffalo robes although other furs were traded as well.Forty Years in the North-West
Historical note:
W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).Gabriel Dumont : The Métis Chief and His Lost World
In Memory of Mary Rose (Pritchard) Sayers: The Last Witness
Indian Record (Vol. XXVII, No. 10, November, 1964)
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.
Laws and Societies in the Canadian West, 1670-1940
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
The Life and Times of Louis Riel
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
The Metis
The North-West Rebellion, 1885: A Memoir by Colour Sergeant (Later General) C.F. Winters
North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
The North-West Rebellion and Its Effects on Settlers and Settlement in the Canadian West
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
Parade at Regina
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada 1860-1960
Historical note:
The York Pioneer and Historical Society was founded by Richard H. Oates in 1869 in Toronto, ON. The society maintains two museums and a library of historical books and documents.Rebellion, 1885 - Some Causes of Unrest Among Indians in the Early "80s."
Rebellion, 1885 - State of the Infantry Brigade / Camp Fort Pitt
Historical note:
Report Upon the Suppression of the Rebellion in the Northwest Territories. - 1886.
"Riel Rebellion"
The Riel Rebellion of 1869: New Light on British Liberals and the Use of Force on the Canadian Frontier
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.
Some Experiences of the Expedition of the North West Field Force as Copied from a Diary Kept in my Possession
Staying in Place: Plains Metis Borderland Communities, 1885-1930
Steele Narrows: A Saskatchewan Historic Site
Historical note:
The Battle of Loon Lake concluded the Northwest Resistance on June 3 and was the last battle ever fought on Canadian soil.