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Diefenbaker and RCMP at Batoche Ceremony
Fort Battleford National Historic Park. - Pamphlet. - 1956.
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Fort Battleford, built in 1876 and in use until 1924, was the sixth Northwest Mounted Police fort to be established in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.Fort Battleford National Historic Park. - Pamphlet. - 1965.
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History of the North-West [vol. 2]
John Diefenbaker speaking to reporters in Inuvik
People at Cut Knife Historical Marker Unveiling Ceremony
Policing the Plains: Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous Royal North-West Mounted Police
"Poundmaker's Old Stamping Ground" - By Mrs. John Douglas, Rockhaven. - Paper. - [193-?].
Rebellion, 1885 - Duck Lake Fight
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Rebellion, 1885 - State of the Infantry Brigade / Camp Fort Pitt
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cece McAuley and Closing Remarks
McCauley comments on Aboriginal staffing issues with the Inuvik RCMP, as well as job training and government employment generally in Northern communities. Following McCauley's comments is a general discussion between Commissioners John Holman and preceding presenter George Gillies on Inuvik hospital maintenance costs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Innu Nation, George Rich, Vice-President
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Jane Adamson and Billy Day, Inuvialuit Communications Society
Adamson discusses the importance of Aboriginal broadcasting to not only Aboriginal but non-Aboriginal Canadians as an educational and cross-cultural understanding tool; language and educational issues; and job training in broadcasting. Billy Day comments on trapping in Inuvik; the impact of the animal rights movement on the trapping economy; land claims and conservation; relations with the RCMP; as well as education and the impact of residential schooling in the North on Aboriginal languages. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Peter Katuk (via translator)
Steele Narrows: A Saskatchewan Historic Site
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The Battle of Loon Lake concluded the Northwest Resistance on June 3 and was the last battle ever fought on Canadian soil.