Metis Heritage Days at Batoche
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File contains 8 negatives showing meetings under a tent during Metis Heritage Days at Batoche, Saskatchewan, on July 19, 1982.
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.Statistics on characteristics of prison population, type of offences committed, use of alcohol, sentencing and recidivism rates.