The First Shot Rang Out
Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.
Indigenous Peoples within Canada: A Concise History: Student Resources
To accompany 5th edition of book written by Olive Patricia Dickason, William Newbigging and Cary Miller. Contains links to: chapter outlines; learning objectives; key terms, figures, or sites; study questions; essay questions; additional resources; and flashcards.
Indigenous Veterans of the First World War and their Families in the Prairie West
Discusses how an examination of 45 military pension files of veterans from Treaty 4, 6 and 7 territories illustrates that racist attitudes and structures prevented the proper administration of benefits.
Pemmican Wars
Substantial excerpt from graphic novel about a Metis girl who finds herself transported back in time to the buffalo hunt, conflict between the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the historic Battle of Seven Oaks. Suggested grade level 8-12.
Teacher Guide for A Gial Called ECHO: Learning about the History and Culture of the Métis Nation in Grades 6–8
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
“We had become the VC in Our Own Homeland: Indigenous Veterans of Vietnam and the 1973 Siege of Wounded Knee
History Senior Project (MA) -- Bard University, 2022