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1885: Rebellion or Resistance?
Explains why the Metis prefer to use the word resistance to describe the conflicts labelled as the Red River Rebellion and North West Rebellion by the Canadian government and press.
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.
Aspects of Canadian Metis History
The Buffalo Hunt
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.
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.
Colonial Categories and Familial Responses to Treaty and Metis Scrip Policy: The 'Edmonton and District Stragglers,' 1870–88
Community and Aboriginality in an Aboriginal Community: Relating to Histories in and of Île-à-la-Crosse
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.
Cyprien Morin and His Descendants
Encountering Mary: Apparitions, Roadside Shrines, and the Métis of the Westside
Ending an Era
Fort Walsh Townsite (1875-1883): Early Settlement in the Cypress Hills
From Borderlands to Bordered Lands: The Plains Metis and the 49th Parallel, 1869-1885
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.
Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan
Grandmothers of the Métis Nation: A Living History with Dorothy Chartrand
Historical Archives on the Métis Experience in Northeastern Alberta
Historical Métis Communities in Region One of the Métis Nation of Alberta, 1881-1916
Investigation into whether there was a Métis presence in the Wood Buffalo region uses descriptive narrative records from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, census data, surnames of enumerated individuals in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, and North West Halfbreed Scrip applications.
The Île-à-la-Crosse Cemetary: A Regional Approach
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Looking for Snob Hill and Sq'éwqel: Exploring the Changing Histories of Aboriginality and Community in Two Aboriginal Communities
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State
Many Tender Ties
Métis Families and Schools: The Decline and Reclamation of Métis Identities in Saskatchewan, 1885-1980
Métis Participation in the Treaty-Making Process in Ontario: A Reconnaissance
Métis Welfare: A History of Economic Exchange in Northwest Saskatchewan, 1770-1870
Métis Women: Social Structure, Urbanization and Political Activism, 1850-1980
Msgr. Provencher and the Native People of Red River, 1818-1853
Native Judgments: John Bunn and the General Quarterly Court in Red River
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Open to Interpretation: Métis Histories at the Royal Alberta Museum
Paulet Paul: Métis or “House Indian” Folk-Hero?
Persistent Settlers: The Dispersal and Resettlement of the Red River Métis, 1870-1885
Red River Insurgence, 1869-70
Reflections on Being, and Becoming, Métis in British Columbia
Remembrances: Interviews with Métis Veterans
Representation in Participatory Video: Some Considerations from Research with Métis in British Columbia
'The Right to be Heard': Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Political Activism, 1922-1946
The Skirmish at Seven Oaks
Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.