Are the Métis Treaty People?
"As Their Natural Resources Fail": Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Contesting the Colonial Order on the Canadian Prairies: Government Policy, Indigenous Resistance and the Administration of Treaty 6, 1870-1890
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
History of the North-West [vol. 2]
Isadore Ledoux Interview
Louis Riel’s Letter to President Grant, 1875
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
Mark Wolfleg Sr. Interview 2
A Métis Treaty Through the Lens of International Law
Mrs. Ada Ladue and Mrs. Beatrice Nightraveller Interview
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada
[Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada]
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
Our Land: Native Rights in Canada
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
See:
Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.