Annette, The Métis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
Alternate Title
Nancy, the Light-Keeper's Daughter
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Author/Creator
Edmund Collins
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.Historical note:
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.Historical note:
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Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Includes text and images.
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Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
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Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).