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.
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
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
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.
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.
[Civilizing the Wilderness: Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert's Land]
Colonial Categories and Familial Responses to Treaty and Metis Scrip Policy: The 'Edmonton and District Stragglers,' 1870–88
Colonialism’s Impact upon the Health of Métis Elderly: History, Oppression, Identity and Consequences
Political Science Thesis (PhD) -- University of Regina, 2013.
Community and Aboriginality in an Aboriginal Community: Relating to Histories in and of Île-à-la-Crosse
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
La Construction des Domaines Temporel et Spirituel dans la Poésie de Louis Riel
[Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History]
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.
Critical Events: Métis Servicewomen's WWII Stories With Dorothy Chartrand
Critical Events: Métis Servicewomen’s WWII Stories with Dorothy Chartrand
The Crutwell AMNSIS Local #66 recieve Ball Diamond Funds
Cyprien Morin and His Descendants
Displaced Mixed-Blood: An Ethnographic Exploration of Métis Identities in Nova Scotia
Encountering Mary: Apparitions, Roadside Shrines, and the Métis of the Westside
Ending an Era
First Peoples of Canada: Presenting the History and Continuing Presence of Aboriginal People in Canada
Fort Walsh Townsite (1875-1883): Early Settlement in the Cypress Hills
[Fred Shore]
From Borderlands to Bordered Lands: The Plains Metis and the 49th Parallel, 1869-1885
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.
Gladue Through wahkotowin: Social History Through Cree Kinship Lens in Corrections and Parole
Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan
Grandmothers of the Métis Nation: A Living History with Dorothy Chartrand
"Group of Rebel Leaders": Making Known the Sovereign and the Outlaw in the Speeches of Louis Riel
Harry Daniels, Gabriel Daniels, Leah Gardner, Terry Joudrey and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and Her Majesty the Queen, as Represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Attorney General of Canada: Reasons For Judgment
Historical Archives on the Métis Experience in Northeastern Alberta
Historical Métis Communities in Region One of the Métis Nation of Alberta, 1881-1916
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.