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Metis Nation era – Community Histories

Bryce Dr P.H. 1907 Indian Schools Report (1907)

This deeply disturbing report describes the health concerns which Bryce noted in his investigation of conditions in the Indian Residential Schools in 1907. 

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    Clearing the Plains - Daschuk (1800)

    A History of Colonial Displacement of First Nations Peoples.

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      Conway Mary - Beginning of the Metigoshe Community

      Mary Conway's history of the Metis community iat Metigoshe in southwest Manitoba.

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        Conway Mary - Sash Maker Helps Preserve Cultural Knowledge

        A news article featuring Mary Conway's work with the Metis community.

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          Cummins - Manitoba Township Maps 1923 - Metis Settlement at Rock Lake

          A map of the district around Neelin Manitoba where several Metis families settled in the 1880s.

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            Elkhorn - Washakada Indian Home

            A memoir describing life at the residential school in Elkhorn, Manitoba.

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              From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare - Helen Buckley

              A history of the experience of prairie indigenous first nations in making the tansition from a buffalo based economy to a settler/colonial economy.

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                Fur Trade in the Scratching River Region

                The fur trade in the Morris, Manitoba district.

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                  Gosselin Generations - the Elders (1880)

                  A historical memoir of the Gosselins, one of Manitoba's Métis families. The family lived in the Red River district, in the Rock Lake district before disbursing throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

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