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Aboriginal Veterans' Benefits
Explains the reasons why the Saskatchewan Indian Veterans Association (currently known as the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans' Association), the Métis National Council, and other Aboriginal groups are suing the federal government for unfulfilled veterans' benefits.
Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Canada, - The Riel Rebellion - A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March.
A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March - Sketch. - 1885.
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
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Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
Forgotten People: Approximately 210,000 People in Canada Identify themselves as Métis
Forgotten Veterans: Métis are Now Fighting Ottawa for Compensation
Guardhouse, N.W.M.P. Post at Regina, Sask., Where Louis Riel was Confined
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
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Judge Hugh Richardson and Peter Hourie
Land of the Red and White: 1875-1975
"A Lesson They Would Not Soon Forget": The Convicted Native Participants of the 1885 North-West Rebellion
Louis Riel Addressing Jury in Court House at Regina
Louis Riel on Trial
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Manitoba Metis Join Prairie Coalition to Pursue Land Rights
Manitoba Métis President David Chartrand awaits a Court of Queen's Bench decision that will include issues related to scrip, Métis land and harvesting rights.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Metis Harvesting Rights Upheld in Ontario Court
Comments on how the Metis successfully attained the right to hunt and fish for food in Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Métis Offenders in British Columbia: An Examination of Needs in the Institution and Upon Release
Métis Rights and Land Claims: An Annotated Bibliography
Metis say Proof of Being is a Link to Riel: Identity Issue could be Settles by Courts
Métis Veterans Launch Class Action Lawsuit
Metis Veterans Ready for Battle
Contends that after World War II ended, Metis veterans have seen no federally funded compensation, unlike non-Aboriginal veterans, and are ready to deal with the issue at a political level.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Officers of Governor-General's Body Guard at Humboldt during North-West Rebellion, 1885
Parade at Regina
Patrick Burke
[Paul v. Canada, 2002 FCT 615]
Picture of Louis Riel's Council in 1885
Profiling Federally Incarcerated First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Offenders
Rebellion, 1885 - Diary of N.W. Expedition / Toronto Brigade / C Company I.S.C. / Queens Own Grenadiers.
Rebellion, 1885 - Draft of a statement by General Middleton dated 2 July 1885 at Fort Pitt expressing satisfaction with the officers and men who served under him during the rebellion.
Rebellion, 1885 - Draft of statement by General Middleton dated 4 July 1885 regarding the death of Lieutenant Colonel Williams
Rebellion, 1885 - Duck Lake Fight
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Rebellion, 1885 - Order Book "C" Company I.S.C. 10 July 1885 - 8 October 1885.
Rebellion, 1885 - State of the Infantry Brigade / Camp Fort Pitt
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