Extracts from the diary of George B. Murphy, of Qu'Appelle, transport officer of the Battleford Column, Second Division of the North West Field Force, sent out to suppress the 1885 resistance. Entries from March 17 - July 16, 1885. Entries mostly include communications regarding troop movements.
Image showing forage supplies - sacks of oats in foreground and hay bales in background - for the soldiers of the North West Field Force. Some soldiers standing on sacks of oats; location unknown.
Sketch of the steamer "Northwest" arriving at Battleford with General Middleton. Horses and wagons loaded with supplies in foreground; "Northwest" beached in background.
Image of officers of Governor-General Landsdowne's Body Guard in Humboldt. L to R: Major Dunn, Lt. Col. G.T. Denison, Capt. Denison, Lt. Merritt, Quartermaster Chas. Mair, Lt. Fleming, Surgeon Baldwin.
Old house located west of Duck Lake from which the Metis fired during the Northwest Resistance. Trees and shrubs in foreground; side view of house in background.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Caption: "Indian Commissioner Dewdney (seated centre with bowler) and Indian leaders in the Regina region. The heavy military presence was designed to ensure Indian neutrality." On back of photograph: "Parade at Regina (Sask.) after close of Rebellion."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
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Reports on an article in Parade magazine that describes the annual horseback ride undertaken by Lakota people, including many children, to commemorate the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.
Portrait sketches of key figures in the Northwest Resistance. Subjects include Mrs. T. Charles Watson, Major T.C. Watson, Lt.-Col. the Hon. W.N. Kennedy, Corporal Lethbridge, Col.-Sergt. Cooper, and Capt. Herbert Swinford. Caption of sketches: "(1) Mrs. T. Charles Watson, who has commenced a series of dramatic readings in aid of local patriotic funds; (2) Major T.C. Watson, (late of H.M. service), commanding the troops raised at Yorkton, Assiniboia; (3) Lt.-Col. the Hon. W.N. Kennedy, of the 90th Batt.
Portrait sketches of key figures in the Northwest Resistance. Sketches include John and Mrs. Gowanlock, Capt. Geo. H. Young, Private Dobbs, Lt.-Col. Maunsell, Major Gordon, Col. Sergt. Winter and Private Hardisty.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph. Caption: "Poundmaker surrounded by a group of visiting French journalists at Stony Mountain Penitentiary."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph of the surrender of Poundmaker (with blanket) to General Middleton's forces.
Caption: "Poundmaker was taken into custody for his apparent role in the looting of Battleford and the Cut Knife battle."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 93-105
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Examines racial and gender tensions during the Vietnam War and explains how Red Earth, a novel by Phillip Red Eagle, urges readers to question antagonism based on race and or gender and move toward a healthier alternative.
A photograph of Metis positions on the Fish Creek battleground, likely taken shortly after the battle by a Canadian Army photographer. Presumably the Metis soldiers were positioned in the wooded area of the coulee visible ahead in the photograph. This may be the opening scene of the battle where Middleton's Scouts were met by an opening fusilade from the Metis ranks. The farmhouse visible on the right is possibly Tourond's house, for whose family the place takes its Metis name of "Tourond's Coulee."
This item describes the state of the infantry brigade stationed at Camp Fort Pitt on 2 July 1885. Categories include members absent with / without leave, hospital attendants and casualities. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Sketch of Metis fighters on land firing upon a government relief boat in background; possibly based on the attack on the steamer Northcote during the battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance.
Image of a refugee camp during the Northwest Resistance. Women and children of Batoche were permitted to leave the village to escape enemy fire. Visible are supplies piled up on the ground in front of a cluster of tents.
This report, by George T. Orton, Brigade Surgeon, lists the number of injuries, illnesses, deaths and other medical problems associated with battle action from 25 April of the 90th Battalion of Winnipeg Rifles during the Northwest Resistance.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 131-181
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Book reviews of :
American Indian Education, a History by Jon Allan Reyhner and Jeanne Eder.
The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West by Barre Toelken.
Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist and the Missionary Crusade against John Collier by David W.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 121-178
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Book reviews of:
American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols.
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat.
Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
“The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs.
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge.
Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen.
Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
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Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in Harper's Weekly, May 9, 1885 [Page] 297.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Drawn by T. De Thulstrup from sketches in the Toronto "War News."
A series of 1885 newspapers with articles covering the Saskatchewan Uprising. Includes The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times of May 16, 1885, the Montreal Daily Herald and the Daily Commercial Gazette of July 8, 1885. Papers cover the battles of Batoche and Cut Knife Hill.
Riel Rebellion troops (Canadian militia?) in the Touchwood Hills, east of Humboldt, en route to Long Lake, N.W.T. Man on white horse is General Middleton, according to Aboriginal archivist Wes Fineday. (See RDB). There were several successive HBC fur trade ports in Touchwood Hills. Note telegraph poles.