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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: The Debate over Métis Independence
Examines the influence of the Battle of Seven Oaks on the creation of Métis nationhood.
Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior
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
Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
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
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
Gee Meeyo Pimawtshinawn (It Was a Good Life): Saskatchewan Métis Road Allowance Memories: A Living Heritage Project
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
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
A History of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia / Le Conseil du Gouvernenment Provisoire
Icelandic Immigrants and First Nations People in Canada
Indigenous Settlers: Your Métis Genealogy Online
Jacob Johnston
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Land Claims [Part One]
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
The Long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories
Louis Riel (1844-1885)
Manitoba Metis Federation
May Tea? : The Construction of Metis identity in 20th Century Penetanguishene and Ontario
Student Research Project (MA) -- Nipissing University, 2010.
Métis Dictionary of Biography: Volume M
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Métis Law in Canada, 2010
Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
Métis Self and Identity: The Search to Contribute a Verse
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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Metis Timeline Game
Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
Métis Veterans: Remembrances
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
Paquin / Pocha: The Origins of a Family in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1634-1896
Provisional Government of Assiniboia: Acknowledging the Contribution of Original North American Peoples to the Creation of Manitoba
Recalling Traditional Métis Christmas and New Year's Celebrations
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1a
Reclaiming the Rapids: Evaluating the Reconciliatory and Decolonial Potential of Private Land Return
Canadian Studies Thesis (MA) -- Carleton University, 2019.
Red River's Anglophone Community: The Conflicting Views of John Christian Schultz and Alexander Begg
Discusses how the two men's writings illustrate the two views points about the best option for Red River settlement's future: those who were in favour of annexation by Canada and those who felt that it would not be in the settlement's best interests since terms and conditions of it's future would be dictated by eastern Canadians.
Report by Lieut. William F. Butler (69th Regt.) of His Journey from Fort Garry to Rocky Mountain House and Back, During the Winter of 1870-71. to Hon. Adams G. Archibald Lieut. Gov. Manitoba, 10th March, 1871.
Excerpt from The Great Lone Land, originally published in 1873.