War & Conflict

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The Battle of Batoche

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walter Hildebrandt
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 17-63
Description
Examines the Métis strategy during the Battle of Batoche, and the significance of the Northcote incident and the Gatling gun on the outcome of the battle.
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The Battle of Cut Knife Hill: Harriet Yellowmud Remembers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Saskatchewan History, vol. 64, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 6-7
Description
A brief article that contains some notes on the 1869-70 Red River Resistance and the 1885 North-West Resistance, two paintings of different battles, and a photograph of Yellowmud describing the battle to historians. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 6.
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Battle of Seven Oaks

Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 3, June-July 2016, p. 13
Description
Brief description of the battle, which took place in what is now West Kildonan, a suburb of Winnipeg on June 19, 1816.
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Battle of Seven Oaks: 1816

Alternate Title
Snapshots of 19th Century Canada Blackline Master #10A
[Critical Challenges across the Curriculum]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Critical Thinking Cooperative
Description

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.

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The Battle over Termination on the Colville Indian Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. Dahl
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 29-53
Description
Sums up the liquidation of reservation resources and argues that, for the Colville Confederated Tribes, sovereignty is the only path to follow.
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Battleford during the Rebellion of 1885

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 3, Autumn, 1985, pp. 108-117
Description
Excerpts from the journal kept in the Sergeant Major’s office at the Battleford NWMP detachment in 1885. Entries selected from May 10 to May 24 and edited for publication. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 108.
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Battleford Indians at Special Ceremony

Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph. Caption: "Battleford Indians [including three former warriors] at a special ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the battle." Participants in group photo; outdoor scene. From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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Bear Chief's War Deed Tipi

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Arni Brownstone
Description
Contends the primary reason for painting the tipi was to publicize personal achievement.
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Beasts of Burden: How Literary Animals Remap the Aesthetics of Removal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua D. Miner
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 2, 2014, pp. 60-82
Description
Explores how differing genres of Native storytelling process the contemporary literatures of removal within the Trail of Tears, a forced relocation, following passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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Bellbrook: My Father's Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Quinlan
Aboriginal History, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 34-45
Description
Looks at a woman's life story documented for her family but also for land claiming purposes.
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The "Bended Elbow" News, Kenora 1974: How a Small-Town Newspaper Promoted Colonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Anderson
Carmen Robertson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 410-440
Description
Authors use discourse analysis to interrogate that narrative created by the Miner & News surrounding a six-week standoff between the Ojibway Warrior Society and the municipality of Kenora, ON. Discusses tropes of barbarism and civilization vs savagery, and the paper’s failure to differentiate between the Warrior Society and Indigenous peoples generally.
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Beneath the Underdog: Race, Religion, and the Trail of Tears

Alternate Title
Beneath the Underdog Race, Religion, and the Trail of Tears
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Minges
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 453-479
Description
Chronicles racism and religious intolerance surrounding Native Americans and African Americans and their relationship with each other.
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Beyond Glitter to Grief

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Catherine Simpson
Australian Humanities Review, no. 34, January 2005, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Australian Cinema After Mabo by Felicity Collins and Therese Davis.
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Big Bear

Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. S. Allen
Saskatchewan History, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter , 1972, pp. 1-17
Description
In addition to biographical information on the Cree leader (also known as Misto-Ha-A-Musqua) , article provides historical information on the fur and whiskey trade in the Cypress Hills and Southwestern Alberta. Discusses Cypress Hills Massacre, the arrival of the North West Mounted Police, the flight of the Sioux into Canada and the North-West Resistance. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
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Big Bear at Stony Mountain Penitentiary

Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of Big Bear seated with four non-Aboriginal men standing behind him; outdoor scene. Caption: "When Big Bear surrendered at Carlton on 4 July 1885, he had been reduced to a shell of his former self, and his strategy for dealing with the Canadian government lay in total ruin." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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Big Bear: Mistahimaskwa, a Hero Worth Commemorating

Alternate Title
Big Bear Mistahimuskwa, a Hero Worth Commemorating
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Wastasecoot
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, pp. 52-53
Description
Profile of the Cree leader and his resistance to the control and subjugation of his people by the Crown.
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Big Bear's Pacifist Roar: The CBC Conjures Up an Intriguing Figure

Articles » General
Maclean's, vol. 111, no. 52, December/January 1998, pp. 114-[?]
Description
Discussion of mini-series based on the historical novel The Temptations of Big Bear about the Plains Cree leader and his fight to gain a fair Treaty settlement for his people. Filmed in Saskatchewan by Gil Cardinal of Alberta.
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Big Nose and his Painted Elk Skin

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arni Brownstone
Plains Anthropologist, vol. 52, no. 202, May 2007, pp. 195-207
Description
Comments on commissioned paintings by Plains Indian warriors with descriptions of the individual scenes.
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The Big Woman Befriends the Sioux

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Kemp
Manitoba Pageant, January 1957, p. [?]
Description
Story of an encounter between some of Sitting Bull's people and the owner of a trading post which took place when the Sioux were fleeing the United States.
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