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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.
2010 Designated Year of the Métis
“Wounded Leaving for Saskatoon" [from Fish Creek, May 2, 1885], N.W. Rebellion
An Account of the Advance of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion
Ambitious Plan Will See Batoche Open Year Round
Annual Report 08-09: Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
Battle Field / Duck Lake
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
Battlefield of Frenchman Butte, May 28, 1885
Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Camp at Fish Creek
Camp 'B' Battery, Prince Albert
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Hourie, May 15, 1885
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.
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
Community and Aboriginality in an Aboriginal Community: Relating to Histories in and of Île-à-la-Crosse
Copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert"
Copy of Illustration from ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, April 4, 1885
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
Coulee at Fort Qu'Appelle, N.W.T.
Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
Cree Council on Sweetgrass Reserve
Cyprien Morin and His Descendants
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Duck Lake Battle Grounds
Encountering Mary: Apparitions, Roadside Shrines, and the Métis of the Westside
Enterprise Regions in the North: What We Heard
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.