Lt. Arthur Howard behind Gatling gun, 1885
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Image of Lt. Arthur Howard posing with a Gatling gun, used in the Northwest Resistance.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont."A collection of stories and photographs of objects from the Sahtu Region".
Historical note:
A video made in 1994 by Saskatchewan Education, Training & Employment, Northern Education Services Branch, in partnership with Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System, recording the Cree way of life.