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Aboriginal Identity and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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
The Buffalo Hunt
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.
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 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.
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
Correspondence Relative to the Recent Disturbances in the Red River Settlement
The Crutwell AMNSIS Local #66 recieve Ball Diamond Funds
Ending an Era
The Ermatingers: A 19th Century Ojibwa-Canadian Family
Ethnogenesis of the Metis, Cree and Chippewa in Twentieth Century Montana
Father Louis Pierre Gravel and the Settlement of the Gravelbourg Area
Francophone Settlement in the Gravelbourg Block Settlement and Francophone and Métis Settlement in the Willow Bunch Block Settlement in Southwestern Saskatchewan, 1870--1926
Frontier Era of North Dakota
Grade 4 level.
Furrows of Stone: Race, Politics, and the Alberta Métis Land Question, 1932-1936
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.
Hybrid Identities in Canada's Red River Colony
Lecture of Early Metis History, 1675-1854
Living With Strangers: The Nineteenth-Century Sioux and the Canadian-American Borderlands
Living with Strangers: The Nineteenth-Century Sioux and the Canadian-American Borderlands
The Long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel and Sitting Bull's Sioux: Three Lost Letter's
Louis Riel : Firebrand
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.
Les memoires de Louis Schmidt. 8 Juin 1911.
Métis Land Settlement at Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, 1840-1910
Métis Participation in the Treaty-Making Process in Ontario: A Reconnaissance
More On One Arrow, the Métis and Canadian History
Msgr. Provencher and the Native People of Red River, 1818-1853
National Indian and Metis Friendship Centres Meeting in Prince Albert
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada
New Nation [Newspaper]
"The New Nation was published weekly from January 7, 1870 to September 3, 1870. Formed by the merger of the Red River Pioneer with the Nor'Wester, it was an organ of the provisional government headed by Louis Riel. It reported in great detail the debates and discussions of the provisional government."
A New Nation: The Métis
Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Paulet Paul: Métis or “House Indian” Folk-Hero?
Persistent Settlers: The Dispersal and Resettlement of the Red River Métis, 1870-1885
Red River Insurgence, 1869-70
Red River Insurrection: Hon. Wm. McDougall's Conduct Reviewed
The Red River Insurrection: Three Letters and a Narrative of Events
The Red River Rebellion: Eight Letters to Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, etc., in Reply to an Official Pamphlet by Hon.W.M. MacDougall, C.B., The Minister of Public Works and Commissioner to the Lieutenant-Governor of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories
Response to 66-page pamphlet entitled Red River Insurrection: Hon. Wm. McDougall's Conduct Reviewed.