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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.
An Absolutely Uncritical Look at What Has Been Written About the Métis.
Speech given at the1885 and After Conference held in Saskatoon in 1985 looks at historical ideologies regarding Métis culture in a contemporary context.
Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
Aspects of Canadian Metis History
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
The Buffalo Hunt
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.
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Colonial Categories and Familial Responses to Treaty and Metis Scrip Policy: The 'Edmonton and District Stragglers,' 1870–88
Community and Aboriginality in an Aboriginal Community: Relating to Histories in and of Île-à-la-Crosse
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert"
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
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 Crutwell AMNSIS Local #66 recieve Ball Diamond Funds
Cyprien Morin and His Descendants
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Encountering Mary: Apparitions, Roadside Shrines, and the Métis of the Westside
Ending an Era
The First Expedition for the Relief of Battleford Attacked by Halfbreeds - Sketch. - 1885.
Fort Walsh Townsite (1875-1883): Early Settlement in the Cypress Hills
From Borderlands to Bordered Lands: The Plains Metis and the 49th Parallel, 1869-1885
From Savagery to Civilization: The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Days ... and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
Gabriel Dumont
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 - Portrait
Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan
Grandmothers of the Métis Nation: A Living History with Dorothy Chartrand
Historical Archives on the Métis Experience in Northeastern Alberta
Historical Métis Communities in Region One of the Métis Nation of Alberta, 1881-1916
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.
A History of Riel's Second Rebellion and How It Was Quelled
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
The Île-à-la-Crosse Cemetary: A Regional Approach
The Illustrated War News, Nos. 1 to 18 Inclusive: Containing All the Illustrations Referring to the North-West Rebellion of 1885, from Its Outbreak to the Return and Disbanding of Troops
Includes text and images.
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
[John Franklin Boyd]
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.
Land of the Red and White: 1875-1975
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Looking for Snob Hill and Sq'éwqel: Exploring the Changing Histories of Aboriginality and Community in Two Aboriginal Communities
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel Addressing Jury in Court House at Regina
Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State
Louis Riel on Trial
Historical note:
Many Tender Ties
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.