Metis Rifle Pits Sketch Grayscale
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A sketch of Metis rifle pits in 1885, likely in the Batoche area.
Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
Recounts how Clarence Campeau set up a development fund, named in his honour, that allows Metis people to access business and community economic development funds.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.Looks at non-formal traditional skills programs with embedded literacy offered in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
Looks at the disproportionate rate of First Nations children and adults that go missing and the need for public awareness.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.