Lt. Arthur Howard behind Gatling gun, 1885
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Image of Lt. Arthur Howard posing with a Gatling gun, used in the Northwest Resistance.
Historical note:
First printed in The Illustrated War News, 1885.Student Research Project (MA) -- Nipissing University, 2010.
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.Highlights the life of a North West Company voyageur and his Indigenous wife that bore Métis children.
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