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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
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
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.The First Expedition for the Relief of Battleford Attacked by Halfbreeds - Sketch. - 1885.
The First Shot Rang Out
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.
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 - Portrait
A History of Riel's Second Rebellion and How It Was Quelled
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
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
Louis Riel Addressing Jury in Court House at Regina
Louis Riel on Trial
Historical note:
Metis casualty
Metis prisoners in courtyard
Metis Rifle Pits Sketch Grayscale
Michel Dumais - Portrait
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.The Old Settlers of the Red River
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
Pemmican Wars
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.
Re-matriating Territorial Acknowledgement: A Métis Women’s Perspective
A personal reflection on providing a Métis perspective to land acknowledgments.
"Rebel Positions Fish Creek"
Rebellion, 1885 - Order book of the North-West Field Force.
The Rebellion in Canada
Riel Rebellion Period Newspapers
The Saskatchewan rebellion - Newspaper clipping and sketch. - 18 April 1885.
"Scene of Fight" [Battle of Duck Lake]
Sentry Box in Prince Albert during Rebellion (some question as to info)
La Situation au Nord-Ouest
Story of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
The Snow
The Story of Louis Riel, the Rebel Chief
Studio portrait of the members of the North West Half Breed Claims Royal Commission of 1885
Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear: The Life and
Adventures of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney
“We know where we are” the Role of Place in Indigenous Historiography by Haudenosaunee and Northwest Métis Historians
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of Victoria, 2023.