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Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Day of the Fur-Trade to the Era of the Railway and the Settler: With Incidents of Travel in the Region, and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
The Creation of Manitoba; or, A History of the Red River Troubles
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Early Printing in the Red River Settlement, 1859-1870, and It's Effect on the Riel Rebellion
Final Trial Statement & Subsequent Renounciation of Louis Riel: Final Statement of Louis Riel at His Trial in Regina
The French-Canadian Press and 1885
The Gibbet of Regina: The Truth about Riel: Sir John A. Macdonald and His Cabinet before Public Opinion by One Who Knows
A Glimpse of 1885
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
Keeping It Riel
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
The Life and Times of Louis Riel
Louis Riel
Louis Riel (1844-1885)
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel and Sitting Bull's Sioux: Three Lost Letter's
Louis Riel and the Fenian Raid of 1871
Louis Riel and the Insanity Plea that Never Came
Louis Riel: Changing Perceptions
Louis Riel : Firebrand
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel: One Life, One Vision
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Métis Elders and Veterans
The Métis of the South Saskatchewan: [Vol. 2 Draft Manucript]
Metis Timeline Game
Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
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).
The Red River Rebellion
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.