Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
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.
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.
Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.