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“Wounded Leaving for Saskatoon" [from Fish Creek, May 2, 1885], N.W. Rebellion
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket and His People, 1750-1830
An Account of the Advance of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion
American Indian Digital History Project
Includes links to several publications: The Indian Historian; The American Indian Magazine: A Journal of Race Progress; Honga: The Leader; The Indian Voice; Woonspe Wankantu: Santee Normal Training School, and Akwesasne Notes.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels: The Original Text, with a Translation, Notes and Introduction
Annette, The Métis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
A Battery Going to the Front - Sketch. - 2 May 1885
Battle Field / Duck Lake
Battle of Batoche
Battlefield of Frenchman Butte, May 28, 1885
Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.
Beardy and His Chiefs, N.W. Rebellion
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Blackfeet at Earnscliffe
Camp at Fish Creek
Camp 'B' Battery, Prince Albert
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Capt. Stewart.- Sketch. - [1885?].
Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Hourie, May 15, 1885
Chief Big Bear of the Plains Cree
Chief Poundmaker
Chief Poundmaker
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Chiefs with Lt. Gov. Dewdney
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March - Sketch. - 1885.
Copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert"
Copy of Illustration from ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, April 4, 1885
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Coulee at Fort Qu'Appelle, N.W.T.
Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
Cree Council on Sweetgrass Reserve
Detailed Report upon All Claims to Land and Right to Participate in the North-West Half-Breed Grant by Settlers along the South Saskatchewan ... Settlements Commonly Known as St. Louis de Langevin, St. Laurent or Batoche and Duck Lake
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Duck Lake Battle Grounds
Epitome of Parliamentary Documents in Connection with North-West Rebellion, 1885
Includes some discussion of Riel's trial and sentencing.
The Execution of Louis Riel: Speech of the Hon. John S. D. Thompson, Minister of Justice
Speech made in the House of Commons.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 images - Blackfoot Chiefs en Route to Ottawa
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Bobtail and Son
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 images - "Indian Sun Dance, Making a Brave"
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Lt. Gov. Edgar Dewdney, Piapot and Montreal Garrison Artillery
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Participants at Sun Dance
Black and white photograph of two young Indigenous men on horseback. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.