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“Wounded Leaving for Saskatoon" [from Fish Creek, May 2, 1885], N.W. Rebellion
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
An Account of the Advance of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion
Adventurers in the New World: the Saga of the Coureurs de Bois
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
Back to Batoche
A Battery Going to the Front - Sketch. - 2 May 1885
Battle Field / Duck Lake
Battle of Batoche
Battlefield of Frenchman Butte, May 28, 1885
Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.
Beardy and His Chiefs, N.W. Rebellion
Beardy Not Given Proper Recognition
Historical overview of Willow Cree Chief Kamiscowesit's (or Beardy's) role in the North West Resistance and the negotiations of Treaty 6. Alternate spellings include: Kamayistowesit, Kamdyistowesit.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
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.Camp at Fish Creek
Camp 'B' Battery, Prince Albert
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Canada, - The Riel Rebellion - A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March.
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
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
The Cast[e]ing of Heroic Landscapes of Power: Constructing Canada's Pantheon on Parliament Hill
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.
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.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March - Sketch. - 1885.
Copy of Illustration from ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, April 4, 1885
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Coulee at Fort Qu'Appelle, N.W.T.
Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
Cree Council on Sweetgrass Reserve
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Duck Lake Battle Grounds
Exoneration for Louis Riel: Mercy, Justice, or Political Expediency?
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.