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Red River, resistance & scrip
Métis political action and land records
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- Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Collection portal · Archive
- GDI Michif Collection
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Collection portal · Audio
- Dumont, Gabriel, Grave
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Photograph
- Batoche, Rectory (02)
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Photograph
- Farmhouse, Sod by South Saskatchewan
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Photograph
- Batoche village, circa 1885
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec · Archival record · Photograph
- Louis Riel as a prisoner at Batoche, 16 May 1885
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Library and Archives Canada · Archival record · Photograph
- Louis Riel portrait, circa 1868
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Library and Archives Canada · Archival record · Photograph
- Batoche battlefield sketch map, 1885
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Library and Archives Canada · Archival record · Map
- Gabriel Dumont portrait, photograph date unspecified
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Library and Archives Canada · Archival record · Photograph
- Paul Blandion’s Money Scrip Certificate No. 4746 (01)
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Angus Gardiner: Northern Michif interview summary
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Larry Ahenakew: Northern Michif interview summary
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Brenda Macdougall: history of Île-à-la-Crosse
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Video
- Pigott military appendix: correspondence attributed to Poundmaker
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Fish Creek battle map: reverse with Pigott writing
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Map
- River Lot: Charles Belhumeur illustration
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Historical context · Map
- Jim Sinclair and Jim Durocher: political-organizer interview, part 2
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Video
- Monique Gardiner: oral-history transcript
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Gilbert McCallum: oral-history transcript
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Victoria Daigneault: oral-history transcript
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- Speculation in Half-Breed Land and Scrip: AMNSIS paper
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- The Question of Half-Breed Scrip as an Extinguishment of Aboriginal Title
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- The Claim to Nationhood of the Métis in the Northwest Outside Manitoba
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- New Breed: December 1980, complete issue
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- New Breed: October 1971, partial issue
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
- New Breed: November 1980, complete issue
Gabriel Dumont Institute · Archival record · Archive
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