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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.
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Aime Joseph Dumont Interview
Alex Ouellette Interview
Annette, The Métis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
Antoine Ferguson Interview
Antoine Lonesinger 6 Interview
The Archibald Administration in Manitoba - 1870-1872
Art K. Davis Interview
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
Au Nom du Bon Dieu et du Buffalo: Métis Lived Catholicism on the Northern Plains
Back to Batoche
Batoche
Batoche Historic Site: Public Comment on the Themes and Objectives
Report dealing with the National Historic Park at Batoche and discussing various proposed improvements and difficulties. Includes discussion of archeaology, classification, preservation, tourist facilities, ecology, historical representation and other issues encountered by the Park.
Batoche Project
Discusses the 1885 Resistance from the Métis perspective.
The Battle at the Grand Coteau: July 13 and 14, 1851
The Battle at the Grand Couteau
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis
Battle of Seven Oaks: 1816
The battle was a confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company during the Pemmican War which was precipitated by a proclamation that no pemmican could be exported from the Red River Colony. The North West contingent was led by Cuthbert Grant and included a large number of Métis.
The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
The Battle of Seven Oaks: The Debate over Métis Independence
Examines the influence of the Battle of Seven Oaks on the creation of Métis nationhood.
Battleford Beleaguered: 1885: The Story of the Riel Uprising from the Columns of the Saskatchewan Herald
Bill Wilson Interview
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Campsite at Cussed Creek
Historical note:
Writers were unable to find any information on a "Battle of Cussed Creek" between First Nations and the Yorkton Home Guard in 1885. The Yorkton Home Guard was a locally organized militia company which was compensated for services in 1885 by the Federal Government.Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
[Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885]
Canada. Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Park Canada
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
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
The Canadians and the Métis: The Re-Creation of Manitoba, 1858-1872
Caroline Vandale Interview
Central Canada's Patrick Riel: Metis Soldiers, English Canadian Settler Mythmaking, and the First World War
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Regina, 2021.
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.
Chapter 8: The Métis: Conflict at Red River [Student Quiz]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Student Quiz]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Charlie Chief 1 Interviewer
Clara Pratt Interview #1
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
The Confrontation at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois
The Confrontations at Rivière aux Îlets-de-Bois
Contours of a People: Métis Family, Mobility, and History
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 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.