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Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
The Amnesty: Memoir on the Causes of the Troubles in the Northwest and the Negotiations That Brought about Their Amicable Settlement
Translation of an article which appeared in Le Nouveau Monde, February 4, 1874.
Batoche and the Northwest Revisited: A Century of Search and Development - Program. - 2-4 May 1985.
Batoche Dinner - Royal Regiment of Canada - Toronto, ON
Batoche National Historic Site / Development of the Management Plan for Batoche / Parks Canada's response to Public Comment on the Plan Alternatives.- Report. - June 1982.
Batoche National Historic Site / Management Plan Summary / Batoche Lieu Historique National / Resume du Plan de Gestion - June 1982.
Batoche National Historic Site / Public Comment on the Plan Alternatives - Report. - August 1981.
Historical note:
Batoche Planning Program - January 1981.
A Battery Going to the Front - Sketch. - 2 May 1885
Battleford Beleaguered.
A Brief History of the Military Career of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1955.Brigadier-general W. D. Otter, recently appointed chief of staff for the Canadian Militia - Sketch. - [Between 1890 and 1910].
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
"Canon T. Clarke a Veteran of the West--In 50 Years Has Seen the West Transformed."
Capt. Stewart.- Sketch. - [1885?].
Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Carlton Trail
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.Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert.
"Department of Northern Affairs & Natural Resources"
Discussion of the Paper on "Shopping in the Early '80s" / Given by Mr. J. Clinkskill Before the Saskatoon Historical Society.
Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Correspondence. - 1912-1925.
Historical note:
Dr. A.B. Stewart acted as coroner for the Royal North West Mounted Police and had a medical practice at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan in the late 1800s-early 1900s.Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Miscellaneous. - n.d..
Historical note:
Dr. A.B. Stewart acted as coroner for the Royal North West Mounted Police and had a medical practice at Rosthern, Saskatchewan in the late 1800s-early 1900s.Dr. Russell's Historical Notes
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.The Execution of Louis Riel: Speech of the Hon. John S. D. Thompson, Minister of Justice
Speech made in the House of Commons.
Extracts from the Newspapers of the East Bearing on the North - West and particularly on the Red River Settlement and Disturbances There.
Firing of Canons and Rifles at Louis Riel Day
Fort Battleford National Historic Park
Fort Carlton - Newspaper clipping. - 16 May 1955.
Forty Years in the North-West
Historical note:
W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).Frog Lake Massacre
[G. F. Shepherd, Notes 1937-1974]
File contains hand written and typed notes of historian George Shepherd, dated from 1937-1974. The notes include several pages on Aboriginal history in the North-West, that were scanned for this database. This includes a wide variety of material: from copy of a letter written by Louis Riel, to a list of the reserves in Saskatchewan in 1962 and their estimated landbase and populations.
Historical note:
Glenbow Museum Acquires Louis Riel Letter - News release. - November 1980.
Grave of Poundmaker / Last camp of Chief Crowfoot, Head Chief of Blackfoot Confederacy / Grave of Crowfoot . - Photographs. - n.d.
Historical note:
The Cree Chief Poundmaker was the Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot's adopted son.The Indian Missionary Record (Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February, 1955)
Indignation of French-Canadians Over the Execution of Louis Riel / A Mob Burning an Effigy of Sir John Macdonald on the Pedestal of the Queen's Statue, Victoria Square, Montreal, Nov. 16, 1885. - Sketch. - 28 November 1885.
James Walsh Papers - The Riel Rebellion
Historical note:
James Morrow Walsh (22 May 1840 - 25 July 1905) was a North West Mounted Police (NWMP) officer and the first Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. Born in Prescott, Ontario, James Walsh was one of the original officers of the NWMP.Lieut.-Col. Boulton - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
Charles Arkoll Boulton (b. 17 April 1841 - d. 15 May 1899) is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Resistances.Lieut.- Col. W.M. DeRay [Williams] - Sketch. - [1885?].
Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie - Sketch. - [1885?].
Historical note:
Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie was involved in the Battle of Batoche.Lieutenant Colonel J.F. Turnbull - Sketch. - [1885?].
Louis Riel - Sketch. - [188-?].
Les memoires de Louis Schmidt. 8 Juin 1911.
The Mission of Dr. Lavell / The Lavell Report - 1963.
The Nor'westers Newspaper Series
This file contains the cover of the book The Nor’Westers, published by the North West Centennial Advisory Committee in 1985. The committee co-ordinated the provincial programs and events were conducted during 1985 to commemorate the anniversary of the Northwest Resistance. The book is comprised of 52 biographical sketches and portraits of men and women involved in the North West Rebellion.