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Indian Trappers in the North-West - [H.P. Shore]. - Sketch. - 12 December 1885.
Indignation of French-Canadians Over the Execution of Louis Riel / A Mob Burning an Effigy of Sir John Macdonald on the Pedestal of the Queen's Statue, Victoria Square, Montreal, Nov. 16, 1885. - Sketch. - 28 November 1885.
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
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L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
Interior of Fort Pitt, Just [Before] the Rebellion of 1885
Introduction to Document One
Introduction and letter from Indian Agent dated June 4th, 1895 to his superior regarding abuse taking place at the school. Recommends that a teacher should be brought before the Magistrate, fined, and dismissed.
Introduction to Documents Two and Three
Introduction and two archival items discuss the employment of Aboriginals in the agricultural sector. The first deals with the Dept. of Indian Affairs efforts to recruit them as migrant farm workers. The second discusses the exclusion of farm workers from protection under labour laws. Taken from the 1966 National Agricultural Manpower Committee Meeting.
[John Franklin Boyd]
Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
Judge Hugh Richardson and Peter Hourie
Kahneepotaytayo, Big Bear's Head Dancer
Kahneepotaytayo, Big Bear's Head Dancer
The Leather-Stocking Tales
The Lenâpé and Their Legends; With the Complete Texts and Symbols of the Walam Olum: A New Translation, and an Inquiry into Its Authenticity
Letter from Middleton Demanding Poundmaker's Unconditional Surrender
Letter from Thomas Quinn to George G. Mann
Letters to the Editor
Contains three letters commenting on various health issues and experiences.
Lieut.-Col. Boulton - Sketch. - 1885.
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Charles Arkoll Boulton (b. 17 April 1841 - d. 15 May 1899) is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Resistances.Lieut.- Col. W.M. DeRay [Williams] - Sketch. - [1885?].
Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie - Sketch. - [1885?].
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Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie was involved in the Battle of Batoche.Lieutenant Colonel J.F. Turnbull - Sketch. - [1885?].
Louis Riel Addressing Jury in Court House at Regina
Louis Riel on Trial
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Lt. Arthur Howard behind Gatling gun, 1885
Mann Children in 1885
Map of the North-West Territories - Newspaper clipping. - [1885?].
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First printed in The Illustrated War News, 1885.Men in front of Humboldt Telegraph Station
Metis casualty
Metis prisoners in courtyard
Metis Rifle Pits Sketch Grayscale
Michel Dumais - Portrait
Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.