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John A. Macdonald's cabinet authorizes the creation of a three-person commission to review and settle Métis and Half-breed claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. 5 March 1885: Louis Riel and a group of prominent Métis hold a secret meeting. They sign an oath to "save our country from a wicked government by taking up arms if necessary."
- Louis Riel
Louis Riel, a leader of his people in their resistance...
- Gabriel Dumont
Gabriel Dumont is best known as the man who led the small...
- William Dillon Otter
With the outbreak of the 1885 Resistance, Otter was...
- Mistahimaskwa
In the 1880s Mistahimaskwa's efforts focused on uniting Cree...
- Sir Frederick Dobson Middleton
Sir Frederick Middleton is best remembered as the commander...
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The Plains Indigenous Peoples and the Métis had a very difficult life on the Prairies decades before the resistance. The bison were gone. So, the Indigenous peoples were starving. Also, they signed treaties with Ottawa. So, they had little land. The Métis also had serious problems. Like the Indigenous peoples, they suffered because the bison were g...
In the fall of 1884, Louis Riel wrote a “Revolutionary Bill of Rights.” There were 10 Rights altogether. They included the right of Métis to have their own land and farms and the right to have provincial legislatures. Other rights included the right of the Métis to be represented in the legislatures, and for Métis customs to be respected. After thi...
After the resistance, a series of trials took place. Many Métis and First Nations leaders were charged with treason. Most were sent to prison. Some were executed, including Louis Riel. Many in English Canada thought he was a traitor and should be hanged. The Métis thought he was a hero. Riel’s execution was extremely controversial. The Métis and ma...
The Cree uprisings of 1884 and 1885, and the Métis Resistance of 1885, plunged the Saskatchewan District of the North-West Territories into turmoil, ending in armed conflict and open rebellion against the Dominion government. These two separate events have been combined in the history of Canada, where they have come to be known as the North-West Resistance of 1885 (also referred to as the ...
Feb 7, 2006 · The terms rebellion and resistance are synonyms, but depending on which one is used, the perspective from which historical events are understood changes. According to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary , for example, rebellion is defined as an “organized and armed resistance to an established government,” while resistance means “resisting authority, especially in an occupied country.”
The North-West Rebellion was a fight against the Canadian government for the rights of Metis people. MARCH 26, 1885 - THE BATTLE OF DUCK LAKE 100 mounted police and armed citizen volunteers moved towards Duck Lake under the command of Superintendent Lief Crozier. A group of Metis and First Nations people met them on Carlton Trail. They tried to
C onclusion In a letter written in November 1885 as he awaited execution for his role in the Northwest Rebellion, Louis Riel thanked family and friends for their support, expressed his hopes for his children, and mentioned several debts he wished settled after his death.
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Feb 13, 2014 · The title of Lewis Redman Ord’s 1887 book says it all: Reminiscences of a Bungle, by One of the Bunglers. Then, as now, the North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a subject of contention within Canada. Aside from the interpretation of events, which is an endless task in itself, is the problem of simply trying to determine the facts.
