1885: Rebellion or Resistance?
Explains why the Metis prefer to use the word resistance to describe the conflicts labelled as the Red River Rebellion and North West Rebellion by the Canadian government and press.
Explains why the Metis prefer to use the word resistance to describe the conflicts labelled as the Red River Rebellion and North West Rebellion by the Canadian government and press.
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.
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.
Investigation into whether there was a Métis presence in the Wood Buffalo region uses descriptive narrative records from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, census data, surnames of enumerated individuals in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, and North West Halfbreed Scrip applications.
Substantial excerpt from graphic novel about a Metis girl who finds herself transported back in time to the buffalo hunt, conflict between the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the historic Battle of Seven Oaks. Suggested grade level 8-12.
A personal reflection on providing a Métis perspective to land acknowledgments.
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of Victoria, 2023.