An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket and His People, 1750-1830
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Author/Creator
John N. Hubbard
Includes some discussion of Riel's trial and sentencing.
Speech made in the House of Commons.
Historical note:
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.
Portrait of Cree Chief Piapot holding a rifle and wearing hat and scarf. Historical note:(Piapot (c.1816 - 1908) Chief of First Nations people in southern Saskatchewan in the late 1800s. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Letter written to his mother on November 15, 1885, the day before his execution.