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Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
The Absent Protagonist: Louis Riel in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature
Looks at the lack of acknowledgment of Riel being a Métis by English-speaking nor French-speaking writers.
Attacking the State: The Levying War Charge in Canadian Treason Law
The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
Beardy Not Given Proper Recognition
Historical overview of Willow Cree Chief Kamiscowesit's (or Beardy's) role in the North West Resistance and the negotiations of Treaty 6. Alternate spellings include: Kamayistowesit, Kamdyistowesit.
Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
Big Bear
Biographies of Métis Community Leaders
Book Review
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
The Cast[e]ing of Heroic Landscapes of Power: Constructing Canada's Pantheon on Parliament Hill
'The Catholic Mahdi of the North West': Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context
Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior
Chief One Arrows Spirit Returns Home to People
Compilation of Biographies: Members of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia
When possible, links to external sources are included.
La Construction des Domaines Temporel et Spirituel dans la Poésie de Louis Riel
Contesting Civilization: Louis Riel's Defence of Culture at the Collége de Montréal
Criminal Empire: The Making of the Savage in a Lawless Land
A Critical Bond: Cultural Transmission and Nation-Building in Métis and Chicana/o Picture Books
Early Printing in the Red River Settlement, 1859-1870, and It's Effect on the Riel Rebellion
The Early West
East Prairie Métis, 1939-1979: 40 Years of Determination
Entangling Empires, Fracturing Frontiers: Jean Baptiste Richardville and the Quest for Miami Autonomy, 1760-1841
The Establishment of Manitoba’s First Provincial Government
Exhibit: Aboriginal Contributions to the War of 1812
Exoneration for Louis Riel: Mercy, Justice, or Political Expediency?
F. Beverley Robertson: The Tragic Life of Poundmaker's Defence Counsel
The False Traitor : Louis Riel in Canadian Culture
The False Traitor: Louis Riel in Canadian Literature
Final Trial Statement & Subsequent Renounciation of Louis Riel: Final Statement of Louis Riel at His Trial in Regina
The First Shot Rang Out
Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.
[Four Seasons Speaker's Series: Maria Campbell]
Friendship With Jailer Inspired Riel Poem
From Riel to the Métis
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.
Gabriel Dumont : The Métis Chief and His Lost World
GDI Launches New Books at This Year's Back to Batoche
"Hero of the Half-Breed Rebellion": Gabriel Dumont and Late Victorian Military Masculinity
[Hudson's Bay Company] : Our History
History of the company, its employees and products over 300 years.