Battle Field / Duck Lake
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Image of the battlefield at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan during the Northwest Resistance.
The battle was a confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company during the Pemmican War which was precipitated by a proclamation that no pemmican could be exported from the Red River Colony. The North West contingent was led by Cuthbert Grant and included a large number of Métis.
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
Examines the influence of the Battle of Seven Oaks on the creation of Métis nationhood.
Most references published in English.
Bibliography from Louis Riel c. Canada: les années rebelles.