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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.Battle of Batoche Remembered 125 Years Later
The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
Canada's Residential Schools: The Métis Experience: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 3
Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior
Changing Political and Cultural Realms in the Upper Great Lakes, 1826: A Case-study of the Influential "Oode" (or Family) of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Claiming the Best of Both Worlds: Mixed Heritage Children of the Pacific Northwest Fur Trade and Formation of Identity
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
The Exceptional-Typical History of a Métis Elder in Fort St. John
Exiled, Executed, Exalted: Louis Riel, Homo Sacer and the Production of Canadian Sovereignty
Familial Foes? French-Sioux Families and Plains Métis Brigades in the Nineteenth Century
Final Report on Métis Education and Boarding School Literature and Sources Review
The Flemish Bastard and the Former Indians: Métis and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New York
Grade Eight Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
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
A History of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia / Le Conseil du Gouvernenment Provisoire
Icelandic Immigrants and First Nations People in Canada
Jacob Johnston
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Law, life, and government at Red River: General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia, Annotated Records, 1844-1872
Volume 2 of 2. Link to volume 1 https://iportal.usask.ca/record/106270
Law, Life, and Government at Red River: Settlement and Governance, 1812-1872
Volume 1 of 2. Link to volume 2 https://iportal.usask.ca/record/106271
Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Activity and Resources
Website contains links to game in which students make choices about what the Red River Settlement's people should do leading up to the creation of Manitoba; teacher resources; and other resources arranged by theme.
Related Material: From the Past Into the Future: Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Teacher’s Guide.
The Long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories
Louis Riel
Louis Riel (1844-1885)
Manitoba Metis Federation
Mapping History: Lessons in History from Township Map of the Qu’Appelle Valley, Township 21, Range 13, West of the 2nd Meridian
May Tea? : The Construction of Metis identity in 20th Century Penetanguishene and Ontario
Student Research Project (MA) -- Nipissing University, 2010.