Assignment to explore the qualities of a hero, leader, & role model, and then research & create a short biography on one to three of those Métis individuals. Designed for primary, junior and intermediate students.
Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of reserve life. She gives a description of Indian games and tells of the establishment of the Gordon Reserve, Saskatchewan
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Discussion about the meanings of various Indian words in English ; family relationships ; and the cannibal dance known as Hamatsa. Mentions a fire in Katit, British Columbia in 1935.
Lifetime chief of the Fort MacKay band gives a brief account of the signing of Treaty 8; talks about Fort MacKay band reserves, how they are located a long way from Fort MacKay where people reside.
He gives an account of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre and, in its aftermath, the movement of a group of Sioux (Dakota) to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan under the leadership of Tarasota (?). He also gives an account of the 1885 Riel Rebellion and its effect on the Sioux (Dakota) living in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district.
National Identities, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 369-388
Description
Examines the United States response to Louis Riel, from the press image to how Riel's politics changed the understanding of what it meant to be a member of the United States nation.