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Aboriginal Labour in the North-West
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
An Absolutely Uncritical Look at What Has Been Written About the Métis.
Speech given at the1885 and After Conference held in Saskatoon in 1985 looks at historical ideologies regarding Métis culture in a contemporary context.
Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
Aspects of Canadian Metis History
Back to Batoche
The Buffalo Hunt
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.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
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.
Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
The Crutwell AMNSIS Local #66 recieve Ball Diamond Funds
The Dispersal of the Métis
Ending an Era
Finding Home on the Way: Naming the Métis
Forming Civilization at Red River: 19th-Century Missionary Education of Métis and First Nations Children
Gabriel Dumont
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent-Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man
Intersections of Memory, Ancestral Language, and Imagination; or, the Textual Production of Michif Voices as Cultural Weaponry
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Métis History and Experience and Residential Schools in Canada
Métis Identity: Sharing Traditional Knowledge and Healing Practices at Métis Elders' Gatherings
Métis Killed During the 1885 Resistance
The Métis Nation and Métis Aboriginal Rights
Research paper discusses history and legal aspects of rights in relation to the Powley case.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Métis Participation in the Treaty-Making Process in Ontario: A Reconnaissance
Métissage in New France: Frenchification, Mixed Marriages and Métis as Shaped by Social and Political Agents and Institutions 1508-1886
Msgr. Provencher and the Native People of Red River, 1818-1853
National Indian and Metis Friendship Centres Meeting in Prince Albert
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Paulet Paul: Métis or “House Indian” Folk-Hero?
Red River Insurgence, 1869-70
Reluctant Homesteader: A French Settler’s Story
Reluctant Homesteader: A French Settler’s Story, Part One
Remembering Riel - Bob Beal and Rod MacLeod. - Article. - May 1985.
Riel's 1885 Diary/Le Journal de Riel, 1885
Riel / The Image of Riel in Canadian Culture. - Pamphlet. - [1985?].
Saskatchewan Guide to Historic Sites of the North West Rebellion
The Skirmish at Seven Oaks
Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.