Diefenbaker at Batoche cemetery
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Image of John Diefenbaker walking through the cemetery at the opening ceremony, June 28, 1961.
Historical note:
Honore Jaxon, aka William Henry Jackson. Jaxon was Riel's secretary leading up to the Northwest Resistance and his only white Protestant follower. Prior to this he had been secretary of the Prince Albert Settler's Union. After the resistance he escaped to the United States where he was active in the Labour Movement and the Bahai faith.