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The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
Clara Pratt Interview #1
The Creation of Manitoba; or, A History of the Red River Troubles
Criminal Empire: The Making of the Savage in a Lawless Land
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Early Printing in the Red River Settlement, 1859-1870, and It's Effect on the Riel Rebellion
The Early West
Entangling Empires, Fracturing Frontiers: Jean Baptiste Richardville and the Quest for Miami Autonomy, 1760-1841
Final Trial Statement & Subsequent Renounciation of Louis Riel: Final Statement of Louis Riel at His Trial in Regina
The First Shot Rang Out
Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.
Fred Horse Interview 2
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
Gabriel Dumont : The Métis Chief and His Lost World
"Hero of the Half-Breed Rebellion": Gabriel Dumont and Late Victorian Military Masculinity
History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
Isadore Ledoux Interview
James Walsh Papers - Letter to Cora Walsh from J.M. Walsh - 31 May 1890.
The Life and Times of Louis Riel
Lloyd Chief Interview
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel and Sitting Bull's Sioux: Three Lost Letter's
Louis Riel and the Insanity Plea that Never Came
Louis Riel: Changing Perceptions
Louis Riel : Firebrand
Louis Riel: One Life, One Vision
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
Louis Riel: Patriot or Rebel?
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Native Chiefs and Famous Métis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
Phillip MacDonald Interview
Prologue to the Red River Resistance: Pre-liminal Politics and the Triumph of Riel
The Queen vs. Louis Riel, Accused and Convicted of the Crime of High Treason: Report of Trial at Regina - Appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench Manitoba - Appeal to the Privy Council, England-Petition for Medical Examination of the Convict - List of Petitions for Commutation of Sentence
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).
Rebellion, 1885 - Some Causes of Unrest Among Indians in the Early "80s."
The Red River Rebellion: Eight Letters to Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, etc., in Reply to an Official Pamphlet by Hon.W.M. MacDougall, C.B., The Minister of Public Works and Commissioner to the Lieutenant-Governor of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories
Response to 66-page pamphlet entitled Red River Insurrection: Hon. Wm. McDougall's Conduct Reviewed.
Remembering Riel - Bob Beal and Rod MacLeod. - Article. - May 1985.
Reviews
Revisiting Riel's Conviction
Riel House National Historic Site of Canada
Riel's Red River Revolt: The Manitoba Saga
Robert Goodvoice 8
La Situation au Nord-Ouest
Story of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
Steele Narrows: A Saskatchewan Historic Site
Historical note:
The Battle of Loon Lake concluded the Northwest Resistance on June 3 and was the last battle ever fought on Canadian soil.