The Nor'westers Newspaper Series
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains the cover of the book The Nor’Westers, published by the North West Centennial Advisory Committee in 1985. The committee co-ordinated the provincial programs and events were conducted during 1985 to commemorate the anniversary of the Northwest Resistance. The book is comprised of 52 biographical sketches and portraits of men and women involved in the North West Rebellion.
Norman Brudy
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman Brudy
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Norman Brudy is a member of the Communist party and was provincial party organizer for Saskatchewan in the early 1960s when both Brady and Norris were party members. Brudy gives his impressions of Norris and Brady as political leaders and Marxists and discusses their application of Marxism to the native question.
Norman McLeod Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman McLeod
Hugh MacMillan
Indian History Film Project
Description
Norman McLeod talks about his family's history in the fur trade and with fur trade companies. Transcribed by Heather Yaworski.
The North-West Rebellion
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Ryerson Canadian History Readers
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Howard Angus Kennedy
Description
A brief narrative of the North-West Rebellion written for school children in 1929. The author was a correspondent of The Montreal Daily Witness and New York Herald and is described as "an official observer of many of the events he relates here."
North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alfred Hamlyn Todd
Saskatchewan History, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1962, pp. 1-18
Description
Journal describes a several different aspects of the North-West Resistance of 1885 from the perspective of Canadian Militia including the Guards Company’s trip to the North-West territories from Ottawa, the surrender of Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker) and the pursuit of Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear).
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
North-West Territories: Proclamation
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
William MacDougall [McDougall]
Description
McDougall had been sent to the Red River to assume the office of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories before the actual transfer of power from the Hudson's Bay Company to the Canadian government had taken place. He was turned back by the Métis and issued this "proclamation" from Pembina, North Dakota.
The Northwest Scrip Commissions as Federal Policy - Some Initial Findings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Hatt
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 117-129
Description
Argues that the 13 Scrip Commissions that heard Métis claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory during 19th and 20th centuries represented a policy change that was inappropriate for the Métis.
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
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Manitoba Enters Confederation
Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present)
Building a Nation (1867 to 1914)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Manitoba Education and Early Learning]
Description
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Octave Fidler Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Octave Fidler
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he tells stories of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told to him by his father.
Old Timers of Duck Lake and Batoche, Saskatchewan
Images » Photographs
Description
Group portrait of Duck Lake and Batoche businessmen, politician and Indian Agent. Front row, seated left to right: Eugene Boucher, Conservative member for Batoche Francois-Xavier "Batoche" Letendre, Merchant of Batoche (Eugene Boucher's father-in-law) W.J. Pozer, Duck Lake Merchant. Standing left to right: George Fisher, Liquor Store Proprietor at Duck Lake Damase Racette, Batoche Ferry Operator Gus Fournier, Massey-Harris Agent, Duck Lake U.S. Urton, C.P.R. Agent, Duck Lake Mr. St. Louis, Implement Agent, Duck Lake Patrice Parenteau, Merchant, Duck Lake R.S.
On the Old Saskatchewan Trail
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bruce Peel
Saskatchewan History, vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 1948, pp. 1-9
Description
Author uses historical information to create a narrative describing the journey from Winnipeg to Edmonton on the Saskatchewan Trail circa 1880.
Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William G. Fonseca
Transactions of Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 56, Series 1, January 25, 1900, p. [?]
Description
General description of travel by Red River carts and in particular events which occurred while author was a driver transporting the goods of William McDougall the incoming Governor was nearly turned away at the border by the Métis.
On Wascana’s Banks: Progress, Harmony, and Diversity on Throne Speeches of the North-West Territories and Saskatchewan, 1877-2007
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alex MacDonald
Saskatchewan History, vol. 60, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 2-15
Description
Cites and discusses the political discourse of Throne Speeches made in what is now Saskatchewan, their evolution over 130 years, and implications thereof. The “status of Indians in the North-West” is a notable element of these speeches and is frequently included.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 2.
Ontario's Alleged Fanaticism in the Riel Affair
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. I. Silver
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 69, no. 1, March 1988, pp. 21-50
Description
Argues that Riel's hanging was not simply a result of bigotry against the French and the Catholic religion but that he was viewed as a rebellious traitor.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Peace
Sean Kheraj
Description
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
Opening Indian and Metis Friendship Centre [Prince Albert]
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 2 negatives from the opening of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, April 12, 1962. Images show several officials in attendance at the opening ceremony of the facility.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Order Up! The Decolonizing Politics of Howard Adams and Maria Campbell with a Side of Imagining Otherwise
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Voth
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 16-36
Description
Discusses the texts Halfbreed (Campbell, 1973) and Prison of Grass (Adams, 1975), contrasting their treatments of gender in the discussion of colonial violence; calls on contemporary scholars to consider in their works “the way gender is animated in a decolonizing political movement.”
“L’Origine des Canards Gris”: Conte Folklorique Metis et/ou Etude en Sociologie Popularie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie-Louise Perron
Saskatchewan History, vol. 40, no. 3, Autumn, 1987, pp. 99-107
Description
“The Origin of the Grey Ducks;” a Métis origins story that combines elements of both Indigenous and French oral traditions.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 99.
Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery: An Archaeological Approach to Cemetery Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike A. Markowski
Kara Wolfe
Troy Zimmer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 67, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 20-27
Description
Describes a project undertaken by the St. Laurent Shrine Committee, with the help of Canada North Environmental Services, in 2013 to complete a detailed recording of all marked and unmarked graves located in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in the Métis community of St. Laurrent.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 20.
Our Land
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Cuthand
Description
Publication of the Manitoba Metis Lands Commission, with articles on English / French explorers and fur traders, the Pemmican War, the Battle of Seven Oaks, the Manitoba Lands Act, and a questionnaire relating to the study of Metish Lands Claims.
Our Legacy: Kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk: Essays
Alternate Title
Kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk: Our Legacy: Essays
E-Books
Description
A compilation of essays by : Deborah Lee, Liam Haggarty, Brendan Edwards, Tamara Starblanket, Camie Augustus, Kurt Boyer, Anna Flamino, Merle Massie, Yvonne Vizina, Patricia Deiter, Meagan Gough, and Alan Long.
- PA Indian Metis Friendship Centre Gives a Plaque to Mrs Mary Norris honouring her late husband Malcolm
Images » Photographs
Description
Two scanned images show Mary seated at a table with various officials receiving a plaque honouring her late husband Malcolm Norris.
Historical note:
Malcolm Norris (1900-1967) was an influential Canadian Metis leader of the twentieth century, and celebrated Aboriginal activist.[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
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Canada. House of Commons. Sessional Papers ; no. 116, 1885
Canada. House of Commons. Sessional Papers ; no. 9, 1887
Discours sur la Question Riel, Prononcé le 22 Mars, 1886, a la Chambre des Communes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. House of Commons.
S. D. Thompson
Description
Taken from files of the Department of the Interior, compiled by Lawrence Vankoughnet, Deputy Minister.
Starts on page 84.
Parks Canada Invests in Métis Projects
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 7, July 2011, p. 16
Description
Looks at the contribution of monies from the federal government to help Métis communities preserve their history and culture.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Pat Lalonde Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pat Lalonde
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 83-year old gentleman talks about work as trapper, farmer, builder, carpenter; a serious accident at High Prairie; work as councillor on the Drift Pile River Reserve and developments on that reserve; and about relinquishing treaty status.