Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
Concerns CBC radio program "The Riel Commission: An Investigation into the Survival of a People," starring Donald Sutherland and August Schellenberg. Includes broadcast information and the purpose of the production to commemorate the centennial of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Archival » Archival Items
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 97-98
Description
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
Ending an Era
Alternate Title
Métis Development in the Canadian West ; 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
Gabriel Dumont
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Martin Shulman
Calvin Racette
Lorna Payne
Peter Myo
Description
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.
Louis Riel
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
E-Books
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ved Parkash Arora
Description
Revised bibliography expands and updates published references including news papers, diaries, letters, photographs, and maps. Also includes citations for diaries and writings of Riel.
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Alternate Title
Canadian Issues ; Spring/Summer 2021
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Wardhaugh
James Mochoruk
Barry Ferguson
Frank J. Tough
David Chartrand ... [et al.]
Description
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Archival » Archival Items
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 99-100
Description
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.
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
Alternate Title
Manitoba Enters Confederation
Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present)
Building a Nation (1867 to 1914)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Manitoba Education and Early Learning]
Description
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Persistent Settlers: The Dispersal and Resettlement of the Red River Métis, 1870-1885
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. R. Mailhot
D. N. Sprague
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1985, pp. 1-30
Description
Examines how Canada failed to fulfill its promise of land security after the creation of Manitoba, and that fears the same would happen in the North West Territories contributed to the armed conflict in 1885.
Red River Insurgence, 1869-70
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
Remembering Riel - Bob Beal and Rod MacLeod. - Article. - May 1985.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rod MacLeod
Bob Beal
Description
The cover story of the CBC Radio Guide for May 1985 deals with the legacy of Louis Riel, written by Bob Beal and Rod MacLeod. The story contains a brief analysis of the Northwest Resistance and the political effects on French and English Canada. Pps. 5-7.
Riel's 1885 Diary/Le Journal de Riel, 1885
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Archives Board
North West Centennial Advisory Committee]
Description
Government of Saskatchewan promotional pamphlet presenting passages from Louis Riel's 1885 Diary in French and English. Released in commemoration of the 1985 Centennial of the Northwest Resistance.
Riel / The Image of Riel in Canadian Culture. - Pamphlet. - [1985?].
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Pamphlet for the major eastern Canadian Riel conference, held at the University of Guelph, Ontario, 14-16 November 1985. Goals for the conference were to re-evaluate the presence of Louis Riel and other key figures in the Red River and Northwest Resistances, in Canadian cultural expression avenues such as newspapers, school textbooks, novels, poems and plays.
Saskatchewan Guide to Historic Sites of the North West Rebellion
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Arlene Karpan
Robin Karpan
Description
A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest in the history of the events...and foster an expanding tourist industry." Includes many historical details of Resistance events in addition to as maps and pictures.
"When the Sun Sets Over Batoche" and "Arrival in Glory"
Images » Photographs
Description
This file contains two posters with poems about Batoche. Both poems romanticize the Metis and their customs and their battles with government forces.