Metis Rifle Pits Sketch Grayscale
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Description
A sketch of Metis rifle pits in 1885, likely in the Batoche area.
Historical note:
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.Compilation of brief biographies of individuals who have played significant roles in the history of Saskatchewan.
Excerpt from The Red River Settlement describing the spring hunt of 1840.
Story of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
Translation of L'espace de Louis Goulet.