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Traill Papers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Willie Traill
Papers of Willie Traill. Includes accounts of bison hunting during the nineteenth century, observations on Dakota culture, and the fur trade. Much of the account seems to take place in Minnesota and North Dakota as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Trouble at Red River

Alternate Title
Unit 2: The Development of Western Canada
New Territories Join Canada
Flashback Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
J. Bradley Cruxton
W. Doug Wilson

Recommended for Grade 10 Social Studies. 

Chapter 8 from Flashback Canada by J. Bradley Cruxton and W. Doug Wilson.

Can be used in conjunction with Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River. 

 

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Turning Pages - Dr. Evelyn Peters on Rooster Town

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Michael Elves
Episode 63: Dr. Peters discusses her new book Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961, the research that went into it, and the history of the urban Métis in the Winnipeg area. Duration: 53:55.
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Two Metis Boys

Images » Photographs
Two Metis boys, names, date, and location unknown, although likely sometime in the late twentieth century (1960s-1970s).
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Two Young Men, 1869: Charles Mair and Louis Riel

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William L. Morton
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 30, Series 3, 1973-1974, p. [?]
Background on the two men who were to become political adversaries during the Red River Resistance.
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U of S play about the 1885 Uprising

Images » Photographs
Costumed actors in a play about the Northwest Resistance of 1885 presented at the University of Saskatchewan. (Left to right) Pollard, Jacoby, Bryce, Chapman, Dobson, Toombs, Professors Morton and Porteous.

Historical note:

Photo taken on February 25, 1927 at U of S Campus.
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"The Ultimate Solution": CCF Programs of Assimilation and the Indians and Metis of Northern Saskatchewan

Alternate Title
"The Ultimate Solution": Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Programs of Assimilation and the Indians and Metis of Northern Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David M. Quiring
Prairie Forum, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 145-160
Describes the CCF governments' attempt to assimilate the First Nation and Métis populations into mainstream Canadian society.
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Understanding the Métis

Alternate Title
Indigenization Brown Bag Sessions
Indigenization Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bruce Dumont
Phillip Gladue
Looks at the history, culture and language of the Métis people. Duration: 1:00:16.
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Unequal Justice: the Metis in O'Donoghue's Raid of 1871

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Swan
Edward A. Jerome
Manitoba History, vol. 39, Spring/Summer, June 1, 2000, pp. 24-38
Focuses on the raid by a combined force of Irish Americans and Pembina Métis led by W.B. O'Donoghue on a Hudson's Bay Company Post.
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Unit 12: Métis Literature

Alternate Title
[Teacher Resource Guide: English 12 First Peoples]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Starla Anderson
Jo-Anne Chrona
David Ellison
Nora Greenway
Stephen Naylor ... [et al.]]
Developed for grade twelve students. Presented in six parts: Introduction, Novel Study I: (Halfbreed by Maria Campbell), Novel Study II: (In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton), poetry, drama and humour.
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The United States, Canada, and the Indians: 1865-1876

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger L. Nichols
Social Science Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, 1989, pp. 249-263
Examines past policies of the two governments and looks at proposed social actions directed towards tribal people in each country.
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Unknown 19th Century Congregation

Images » Photographs
An Unidentified group of people in front of a log building, possibly an Anglican congregation, 19th Century. Probably somewhere in present-day central or southern Saskatchewan.

Historical note:

No further information available.
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Various Papers on Louis Riel

Archival » Archival Items
Various papers and articles pertaining to Louis Riel. Includes correspondence regarding Diefenbaker's view of Riel, the alleged bribe Riel requested to depart from Canada, a request for information to fight the naming of Place Riel at the University of Saskatchewan, casualty lists from the Northwest Resistance and letters regarding the commemoration of Riel's legacy.
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Verna Richards Interview 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Verna Richards
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.
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View of Batoche Trenches

Images » Photographs
Image of boy standing in trenches in field. Church and buildings visible in background. Batoche historical site.
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Violet Marie Arnault Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Violet Marie Arnault
Ingrid Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
The interview is a general account of Violet Marie Arnault's life.
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The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Provides traditional Métis oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents in visual, audio and video files.
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W.B. Cameron Papers - Articles Relating to William McKay.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William Bleasdell Cameron
This file consists of 7 items, including a newspaper article and typed copies of stories told by or about William McKay. The file also contains second and third copies of some of these items.
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Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the CCF

Alternate Title
Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James M. Pitsula
Prairie Forum, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 128-131
Book review of: Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the CCF by F. Laurie Barron.
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Walter Deiter Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Walter Deiter
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Walter Deiter, former president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and first president of the National Indian Brotherhood, talks about the importance of Malcolm Norris in Metis politics and the splitting of the National Indian Council into the National Indian Brotherhood and the Metis Association of Canada.
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The Western Metis after the Insurrection

Alternate Title
The Western Métis after the Insurrection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marcel Giraud
Saskatchewan History, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1956, pp. 1-15
Traces the migration of many Métis to the United States following the Northwest Resistance and their economic marginalization on both sides of the boarder; examines questions of Indian title, treaty-making and the scrip program. Chapter from Métis Settlement in the North-West Territories. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
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The Western Métis: Profile of a People

Alternate Title
Canadian Plains Studies ; 54
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrick C. Douaud
John E. Foster
Ruth Swan
Edward A. Jerome
Arthur J. Ray ... [et. al.]
Essays originally published in Prairie Forum between 1978–2004.
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The Western Métis: Profile of a People

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gerhard J. Ens
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2008, pp. 434-435
Book review of: The Western Métis edited by Patrick C. Douad. Consists of articles originally published between 1978 and 2007 in . Scroll to page 434 to read review.
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