Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in Harper's Weekly, May 9, 1885 [Page] 297.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Drawn by T. De Thulstrup from sketches in the Toronto "War News."
A series of 1885 newspapers with articles covering the Saskatchewan Uprising. Includes The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times of May 16, 1885, the Montreal Daily Herald and the Daily Commercial Gazette of July 8, 1885. Papers cover the battles of Batoche and Cut Knife Hill.
Riel Rebellion troops (Canadian militia?) in the Touchwood Hills, east of Humboldt, en route to Long Lake, N.W.T. Man on white horse is General Middleton, according to Aboriginal archivist Wes Fineday. (See RDB). There were several successive HBC fur trade ports in Touchwood Hills. Note telegraph poles.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 5, no. 3, May 1966, pp. [2-6]
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Cites examples from basic readers which reflect European middle class concepts and conflict with those experienced by Navajo children.
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Photocopied partial pages of the Saskatchewan Herald, dated 15 June 1885, 25 September 1885, 19 October 1885, and 21 October 1885, with stories relating to the Northwest Resistance.
Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance and some biographical information and a sketch of Louis Riel from the perspective of an Eastern Canadian Newspaper. Includes a large sketch of Louis Riel "in his costume of a Canadian half-breed."
A photograph of the Duck Lake battleground, taken sometime after the fight itself. The house near where many of the Prince Albert Volunteers fell in action is clearly visible in the distance. The battleground itself is located near what is today highway # 212.
A photograph of the Little Narrows, between Loon Lake and Tullibee Lakes, near the town of Loon Lake, that was the scene of the last fight between Big Bear's Indians and troops during the Rebellion of 1885. See Star-Phoenix of October 23, 1947.
Collage of sketches of the Qu'Appelle and Saskatchewan Valleys in 1885. Includes a column of Metis going to join Riel at Batoche, a Red River Cart, and one of Metis "Artillerymen."
Historical note: sketches originally appeared in Harpers Weekly v. 29, no. 1478.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
A head and torso portrait of Chief Whitecap of the Moose Woods Reserve, now called the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Photo taken in Regina in 1885 after the North West Resistance. Whitecap reportedly saved the people of Saskatoon from massacre at the time of the resistance. The Dakota people under his leadership fled the U.S. Cavalry for Canada in ca. 1862.
Original autograph letter from Louis Riel, written in English, 20 days before his execution, to his befriended Regina jailer, Robert Gordon, which includes the poem "The Snow". The epigraph or introduction to the poem is titled Robert Gordon! and may be used as an alternate title. The document is entitled "[Letter and poem] [manuscript], October 27th, 1885, Regina jail [to] Robert Gordon / Louis David Riel" in the University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 5, no. 3, May 1966, pp. [15-17]
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Results suggest changes in curriculum and materials are desirable to account for differences in language, environment and value systems.
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Harper's Magazine, vol. 195, no. 1170, November 1947, pp. 444-449
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Commentary on how, after World War II, the United States government failed in its treatment of Navajo veterans as well as the general Navajo population.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 5, no. 2, January 1966, pp. [1-7]
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Address by the director of U. S. President Johnson's "War on Poverty" states that Native Americans must determine their needs and solutions to problems rather than being dictated to by government.
British Columbia Heritage Series. Series 1, Our Native Peoples ; vol. 3
Social Studies Bulletin
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Provincial Archives [of British Columbia]
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Booklet relating to the Tsimshian people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Tsimshian culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.
Untitled manuscript describing a trip to Frog Lake and Fort Pitt in company with W.B. Cameron and Campbell Innes during which the party retraced the route taken by Big Bear's band after the Frog Lake Massacre during the Rebellion of 1885. The story appeared in the Star-Phoenix 23 Oct 1947. (See photographs nos. PH 87 100 to PH 87 109 and PH 87 127 to PH 87 135 which accompanied this article when it was donated)