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Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
At Devil Lake
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.At Snake Plains
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At Snake Plains (Men Posing in front of tent)
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At Snake Plains (picnic)
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.Back to Batoche
Batoche Archaeology Project: 1977: Sturctural and Survey Report
Two titles in one volume.
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.
Blanketing a Nation: Tracing the Social Life of the Hudson's Bay Company Point Blanket Through Canadian Visual Culture
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.
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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The Dispersal of the Métis
Finding Home on the Way: Naming the Métis
The First of All Things: The Significance of Place in Métis Histories and Communities in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan
Forming Civilization at Red River: 19th-Century Missionary Education of Métis and First Nations Children
A Guide to the Louis Riel Papers
Discusses documents found in the Provincial Archives of Manitoba, Archives de l'Archevêché de Saint-Boniface, Public Archives of Canada, Archives de la Chancellerie de l’Archevêché de Montréal, and Les Archives du Séminaire de Québec and the periods in Riel's life which are not represented in any collections. Two appendices list documents and the repositories in which they are found. Research was conducted as part of the Riel Project and published as The Collected Papers of Louis Riel.
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck lake
Half-Breed Commission at Fort Pitt
Half-Breed Commission at Sturgeon River
Half-Breed Commission on Trail to Green Lake
Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent-Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre All Candidates Meeting Addressed by Jim Sinclair
Intersections of Memory, Ancestral Language, and Imagination; or, the Textual Production of Michif Voices as Cultural Weaponry
Jacob Johnston
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Julian Gladue Interview 3
Lagimodiere and Their Descendants, 1635 to 1885
"La Loche"
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Making the Voyageur World : Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade
The Métis
Intended for use with elementary school students. Some language is outdated due year of publication (1980).
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Métis History and Experience and Residential Schools in Canada
Métis Identity: Sharing Traditional Knowledge and Healing Practices at Métis Elders' Gatherings
Métis Killed During the 1885 Resistance
The Métis Nation and Métis Aboriginal Rights
Research paper discusses history and legal aspects of rights in relation to the Powley case.
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