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Saskatchewan Association of Human Rights: Assorted Documents

Documents & Presentations
Description
Various documents from the Saskatchewan Association of Human Rights from the early 1970s. Includes pamphlets, a book listing ethnic organizations, and a quantitative study of representations of First Nations in Saskatchewan school texts.
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Saskatchewan Guide to Historic Sites of the North West Rebellion

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Arlene Karpan
Robin Karpan
Description
A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest in the history of the events...and foster an expanding tourist industry." Includes many historical details of Resistance events in addition to as maps and pictures.
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Saskatchewan Homestead Records

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lloyd Rodwell
Saskatchewan History, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1965, pp. 10-29
Description
Discusses the information about the settlement of the prairies that can be gleaned from the homesteading records held by The Saskatchewan Archives. Some discussion of the Métis’ occupation of the land and river lots system (pp 27-29). Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 10.
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The Saskatchewan rebellion - Newspaper clipping and sketch. - 18 April 1885.

Documents & Presentations
Description
Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance and some biographical information and a sketch of Louis Riel from the perspective of an Eastern Canadian Newspaper. Includes a large sketch of Louis Riel "in his costume of a Canadian half-breed."
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"Saw Pit" for Squaring Logs for Buildings

Images » Photographs
Description
"Saw Pit" for squaring logs for the manufacture of buildings. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
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"Scene of Fight" [Battle of Duck Lake]

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Duck Lake battleground, taken sometime after the fight itself. The house near where many of the Prince Albert Volunteers fell in action is clearly visible in the distance. The battleground itself is located near what is today highway # 212.
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Scrip and the History of the Métis Nation of Alberta

Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip and Alberta Métis
Understanding the Legacy of Métis Scrip: The Alberta Métis Perspective
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jason Madden
Audrey Poitras
Description
Two presentations: "Métis Scrip and Alberta Métis" and "Understanding the Legacy of Métis Scrip: The Alberta Métis Perspective" followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:27:15.
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Sentry Box in Prince Albert during Rebellion (some question as to info)

Images » Photographs
Description
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
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Settler Colonialism in Canada and the Métis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tricia Logan
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 433-452
Description
Shows the role Métis histories play in the larger story of settle colonial genocide.
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Seven Oaks: An Account of the Affair of Seven Oaks; and a Report of Proceedings of the Gathering for the Unveiling of the “Seven Oaks Monument,” June 19th, 1891

Alternate Title
A Thousand Miles of Prairie: The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada
Transactions (Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba) ; ser. 1, no. 43, 1891
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Bryce
Charles N. Bell
Description

Authors present two different viewpoints on the Battle. Bryce regards it as a massacre, while Bell adopts a more neutral stance.

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Sidelights on the History of Assiniboia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edgar S. Russenholt
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 20, Series 3, 1963-1964, p. [?]
Description
Interesting facts about this area of Winnipeg - the people, water routes, role of the horse and the buffalo, and the work involved.
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Sister A. Brady, Anne Brady Walther, Dorothy Chapman

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Sister A. Brady
Anne Brady Walther
Dorothy Chapman
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.
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A Sitting of the Commission

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Half-Breed Commissioners sitting in their mess tent with Metis men and women during their visit to Devil's Lake near Sandy Lake reserve, 1900.

Historical note:

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The Skirmish at Seven Oaks

Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
Description

Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.

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The Snow

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louis Riel
Description
Original autograph letter from Louis Riel, written in English, 20 days before his execution, to his befriended Regina jailer, Robert Gordon, which includes the poem "The Snow". The epigraph or introduction to the poem is titled Robert Gordon! and may be used as an alternate title. The document is entitled "[Letter and poem] [manuscript], October 27th, 1885, Regina jail [to] Robert Gordon / Louis David Riel" in the University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue.
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So You Should Know: Chi Ki Ken Da Mun

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda North
Barb St. Goddard
Description
Language arts resource covers topics including history before and after contact, customs and beliefs, education, the Métis, and current issues.
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Social Studies Grade 5: Canada: The Peoples and Stories of This Land: A Curriculum and Guide to Implementation

E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Description

Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.

Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.

"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".

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Some Métis Communities in Western Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Patrick Young,
Todd Paquin
Leah Dorion
Description

Histories of the communities of Lac La Biche, Alberta, St. Laurent and Ste. Madeleine, Manitoba and Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan.

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Some Preliminary Considerations for a Métis-Catalan Comparison

Alternate Title
Some Preliminary Considerations for a Metis-Catalan Comparison
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Stephen White
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 75-95
Description
Compares the similarities of the Metis and Catalan nationalism to identify how these two movements can learn from one another in their fights for nationhood within a larger state.
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Some Problems of the Métis of Northern Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
V. F. Valentine
Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, vol. 20, no. 1, February 1954, pp. 89-95
Description
Describes the difficulties the Métis encountered in trying to maintain their traditional way of life and the influence of CCF provincial government policies and programs.
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Speaking Michif in Four Métis Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John C. Crawford
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 47-55
Description
Survey of the Michif language in communities in Manitoba and North Dakota indicates it developed before the westward movement of the Métis.
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Spencer, R.E. (Dick)

Archival » Archival Items
Description
File containing a letter from Diefenbaker to Dick Spencer. Diefenbaker describes how his view of Riel has changed after discovering that Riel had "asked to be bought off."
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Spirit Gifting: Ecological Knowing in Métis Life Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [48]-66
Description
Author discusses traditional knowledge systems of the Métis in Alberta and how the arrival of capitalism impacted the relationship to land. Focuses on writings of Elmer Ghostkeeper, Victoria Belcourt Callihoo and Herb Belcourt.
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Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Antony Caruso
Description

Role playing game which involves John A. Macdonald asking students to become spies and send information back to the government. Suitable for Grades 5-11.

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