1885: Metis Rebellion or Government Conspiracy?
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Author/Creator
Don McLean
Pamphlet produced in response to debates in Congress on the Indian Appropriation Bill. Includes various letters, articles, statistics, extract from Congressional Record, and The Indian School at Carlisle Barracks, published by U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education in 1880.
2nd edition.
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Includes some discussion of Riel's trial and sentencing.
Unpublished transcript of excerpts from interviews with 23 Indian residents of Chicago.
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).
An exhibition at the Virginia Steele Scott Gallery