The Fish Lake Fight - Rebels Under Dumont Firing on Middleton's Advance
Fort of Refuge, Prince Albert, March 31, 1885
[Four Sky Thunder]
Friendship With Jailer Inspired Riel Poem
From Savagery to Civilization: The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Days ... and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
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.
Gabriel Dumont - Portrait
General F.D. Middleton
Government Surveyors (Scout) Corps During the 1885 Uprising
Grenadiers at Fish Creek
Grenadiers Relieving the 90th Battalion at Fish Creek, N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Guardhouse, N.W.M.P. Post at Regina, Sask., Where Louis Riel was Confined
"He shot Capt French"
Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Poundmaker
A History of Riel's Second Rebellion and How It Was Quelled
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
House at Batoche used as a Barracks by the Metis in 1885
The Illustrated War News, Nos. 1 to 18 Inclusive: Containing All the Illustrations Referring to the North-West Rebellion of 1885, from Its Outbreak to the Return and Disbanding of Troops
Includes text and images.
Indignation of French-Canadians Over the Execution of Louis Riel / A Mob Burning an Effigy of Sir John Macdonald on the Pedestal of the Queen's Statue, Victoria Square, Montreal, Nov. 16, 1885. - Sketch. - 28 November 1885.
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
Historical note:
L' Insurrection du Nord-Ouest, 1885
[John Franklin Boyd]
Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
Judge Hugh Richardson and Peter Hourie
Land of the Red and White: 1875-1975
Letter from Middleton Demanding Poundmaker's Unconditional Surrender
Letter from Thomas Quinn to George G. Mann
Lieut.-Col. Boulton - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
Charles Arkoll Boulton (b. 17 April 1841 - d. 15 May 1899) is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Resistances.Lieut.- Col. W.M. DeRay [Williams] - Sketch. - [1885?].
Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie - Sketch. - [1885?].
Historical note:
Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie was involved in the Battle of Batoche.Lieutenant Colonel J.F. Turnbull - Sketch. - [1885?].
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel Addressing Jury in Court House at Regina
Louis Riel on Trial
Historical note:
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Lt. Arthur Howard behind Gatling gun, 1885
Mann Children in 1885
Map of the North-West Territories - Newspaper clipping. - [1885?].
Historical note:
First printed in The Illustrated War News, 1885.Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.
Men in front of Humboldt Telegraph Station
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Metis casualty
Métis Killed During the 1885 Resistance
Metis prisoners in courtyard
Metis Rifle Pits Sketch Grayscale
Metis Timeline Game
Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
Michel Dumais - Portrait
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.