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The Borderlands of the American and Canadian Wests: Essays on Regional History of the Forty-ninth Parallel
Boy at Cut Knife Hill Memorial
Brandon and the Saskatchewan Rebellion
A Brief History of the Military Career of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1955.Brigadier-general W. D. Otter, recently appointed chief of staff for the Canadian Militia - Sketch. - [Between 1890 and 1910].
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and the Plains Cree, 1868-1885
Bronze Plate on "North West Rebellion" Memorial, Battleford
Camp at Fish Creek
Camp 'B' Battery, Prince Albert
The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Campsite at Cussed Creek
Historical note:
Writers were unable to find any information on a "Battle of Cussed Creek" between First Nations and the Yorkton Home Guard in 1885. The Yorkton Home Guard was a locally organized militia company which was compensated for services in 1885 by the Federal Government.Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
[Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885]
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
Canada: The Northwest Campaign, 1885
Canada, - The Riel Rebellion - A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March.
Canadian History - Historic Sites and Monuments - Batoche
Canadian History - Historic Sites and Monuments - Duck Lake
Canadian Illustrated News: Images in the News: 1869-1883
The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Day of the Fur-Trade to the Era of the Railway and the Settler: With Incidents of Travel in the Region, and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
The Canadian North West Rebellion 1885: A Case Study in Counterinsurgency
"Canon T. Clarke a Veteran of the West--In 50 Years Has Seen the West Transformed."
Capt. Stewart.- Sketch. - [1885?].
Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Hourie, May 15, 1885
Carlton Trail
Caroline Vandale Interview
Cars at Unveiling Ceremony for Cut Knife Historical Marker
The Cast[e]ing of Heroic Landscapes of Power: Constructing Canada's Pantheon on Parliament Hill
Casualties of 1885 Battle Honoured
'The Catholic Mahdi of the North West': Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context
Cemetery at Batoche
Cemetery Project Highlights Métis Community of Batoche
Chakicum
Chakikum (Splashing Water) - Portrait
Historical note:
Chakikum (Splashing Water) of the Willow Cree Band, returned to Canada after a ten-year exile in the United States, when the Canadian government offered an amnesty to participants in the North West Rebellion.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.
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chapter 8: The Métis: Conflict at Red River [Student Quiz]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.