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Chief Big Bear of the Plains Cree
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Fine Day
The First Shot Rang Out
Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.
General F.D. Middleton
Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Poundmaker
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
Historical note:
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
Letter from Middleton Demanding Poundmaker's Unconditional Surrender
Louis Riel Addressing Jury in Court House at Regina
Newspaper Artists Impression of Riel and His Followers
Poundmaker and French Journalists
Poundmaker Surrendering
Pow-wow with Chief Beardy (plumes on hat) and Chief Okamesis [after] N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Rebellion, 1885 - The Daily Leader. - Regina. - Monday, 17 August 1885. - Newspaper.
The Rebellion of Half-breeds in Canada under Louis Riel - Newspaper clipping. - 9 May 1885.
Historical note:
From The Graphic, an Illustrated Newspaper.Saskatchewan Herald
La Situation au Nord-Ouest
Story of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.