Battle Field / Duck Lake
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Description
Image of the battlefield at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan during the Northwest Resistance.
Discussion on educational border work and the struggle for control of education between First Nations and Canadian society.
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.Historical note:
Charcoal (Si'-okskitsis) was renowned for his strength and cunning as a warrior. He killed his wife's lover, fired at an Indian agent and a NWMP, and later killed a NWMP sergeant and was executed in 1897.