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.
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.
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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.Historical note:
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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.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.
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Investigation into whether there was a Métis presence in the Wood Buffalo region uses descriptive narrative records from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, census data, surnames of enumerated individuals in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, and North West Halfbreed Scrip applications.
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
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Cadotte (sometimes spelt Cadot) was a prominent figure in the Lake Superior fur trade and married two Ojibwe women, Athanasie and Catherine. These articles focus on the children of Athanasie, also known as Equawaice, part of the Bullhead Catfish clan.
Compilation of three articles which appeared in Michigan's Habitant Heritage in 2020-2021.
Cadotte (sometimes spelt Cadot) was a prominent figure in the Lake Superior fur trade and married two Ojibwe women, Athanasie and Catherine. These articles focus on the children of Catherine, whom he married in the custom of the country.
Compilation of four articles which appeared in Michigan's Habitant Heritage in 2015-2016.
Related: Jean Baptiste Cadotte's First Family.
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
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