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Any Important Form: Louis Riel in Sculpture
Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
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.
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
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.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Contesting the Colonial Order on the Canadian Prairies: Government Policy, Indigenous Resistance and the Administration of Treaty 6, 1870-1890
The Diary of Lieut. J.A.V. Preston, 1885
Dispossession vs. Accommodation in Plaintiff vs. Defendent Accounts of Métis Dispersal from Manitoba, 1870-1881
Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
Ending an Era
Exiled, Executed, Exalted: Louis Riel, Homo Sacer and the Production of Canadian Sovereignty
Exiled, Executed, Exalted: Louis Riel, Homo Sacer and the Production of Canadian Sovereignty
Fifty HIstorical Vignettes: Views of the Common People
From the Red River Settlement to Manitoba (1812-70)
Gabriel Dumont : The Métis Chief and His Lost World
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
In Memory of Mary Rose (Pritchard) Sayers: The Last Witness
Indian Studies 221.3: Introduction to Métis History
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
"Just Do It!" Self-Determination For Complex Minorities
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Activity and Resources
Website contains links to game in which students make choices about what the Red River Settlement's people should do leading up to the creation of Manitoba; teacher resources; and other resources arranged by theme.
Related Material: From the Past Into the Future: Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Teacher’s Guide.
The Life and Times of Louis Riel
Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State
Louis Riel and the Fenian Raid of 1871
Louis Riel, Justice and Métis Self-Identification: Literary Politics for Survival in the Evolution of Canadian Nationhood
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
Louis Riel’s Letter to President Grant, 1875
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
The Metis
Métis Claims to "Indian" Title in Manitoba, 1860-1870
The Metis: Colonization, Culture Change and the Saskatchewan Rebellion of 1885
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1976.
Métis Land Claims at St. Laurent: Old Arguments and New Evidence
Métis Law in Canada, 2010
Métis Resistance Part 1
Part 2. Social Studies Grade 10. Power points look at the issues and events that were the impetus for the Red River and the North-West Resistance.
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 4-9.
La Mishow Wayayshhaywuk = The Big Rip Off: Loss of a Land Base: Metis Land Disentitlement: A Teacher's Resource Guide
Simulation game designed to teach students how loss of land at the hands of the federal government contributed to the Metis Resistance of 1885.
Multiple Voices: Looking at the History of Batoche through the Eyes of Multiple Perspectives
North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
North-West Territories: Proclamation
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.