Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Manitoba Métis President David Chartrand awaits a Court of Queen's Bench decision that will include issues related to scrip, Métis land and harvesting rights.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Comments on how the Metis successfully attained the right to hunt and fish for food in Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Research paper discusses history and legal aspects of rights in relation to the Powley case.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Speakers discuss the issue of who and what defines Indigenous identity, settler-state's practice of imposing their definitions, the phenomenon of "playing Indian", and broader social interpretations of court decisions such as Daniels.
Duration: 1:59:35. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).