| LC control no. | sh 85112084 |
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| LC classification | F1063 |
| Topical heading | Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870 |
| Variant(s) | Manitoba Rebellion, Man., 1869-1870 Manitoba Uprising, Man., 1869-1870 Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870 Red River Rebellion, Man., 1869-1870 Red River Revolt, Man., 1869-1870 Riel Rebellion, Man., 1869-1870 Riel Resistance, Man., 1869-1870 Riel's Revolt, Man., 1869-1870 Riel's Uprising, Man., 1869-1870 |
| See also | Manitoba--History Métis--Wars |
| Found in | Corbett, G. O. "The Red River rebellion", 1870 G. T. D. Reminiscences of the Red River Rebellion of 1869, [1873?] Bryce, G. Two provisional governments in Manitoba, 1890: title page (containing an interesting discussion of the Riel Rebellion, with an appendix embodying the four bills of rights verbatim) Begg, A. Alexander Begg's Red River journal, 1956: title page (papers relative to the Red River resistance of 1869-1870) Anderson, F. W. Riel's Manitoba uprising, 1974 McDougall, J. In the days of the Red River Rebellion, [1983] Pannekoek, F. A snug little flock, [1991]: title page (the social origins of the Riel resistance of 1869-70) Bumsted, J. M. The Red River Rebellion, [1996] Anderson, F. W. Riel's Red River revolt, 1999 Canadian encyclopedia, online, viewed 8 September 2022: Red River Resistance (also known as the Red River Rebellion; an uprising in 1869-70 in the Red River Colony, sparked by the transfer of the vast territory of Rupert's Land to the new Dominion of Canada, when the colony of farmers and hunters, many of them Métis, occupied a corner of Rupert's Land and feared for their culture and land rights under Canadian control; the Métis mounted a resistance and declared a provisional government to negotiate terms for entering Confederation, which led to the creation of the province of Manitoba and the emergence of Métis leader Louis Riel; the Red River and North-West Rebellions are known by many names, including the Riel Rebellions, the Manitoba Rebellion, the Saskatchewan Rebellion, and the Red River Resistance, the 1885 Resistance and the Northwest Resistance, with Indigenous studies scholars and many historians referring to the Métis and First Nations uprisings as resistances to frame them as reactions against European colonization) Indigenous peoples atlas of Canada web site, viewed 8 September 2022: Red River Resistance (during the Red River Resistance of 1869-70, the Métis formed a provisional government and negotiated Manitoba's entry into Confederation; began as a response to the Hudson's Bay Company selling Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada in 1869 without consultation or consent; Métis called for an independent Métis republic on Oct. 16, 1869, and formed a provisional government on Dec. 8, 1869, which negotiated with the Dominion government to enact the entry of Rupert's Land into the Canadian Confederation, and the "List of Rights" that they drafted formed the basis of the Manitoba Act, 1870, which became law on May 12, 1870; after Manitoba became a province on July 15, 1870, the situation for Métis changed, with Louis Riel and the Métis not being recognized as its founders and with the Métis soon outnumbered by newcomers who were often hostile; in August 1870, the Red River Expeditionary Force of more than 1000 troops was sent to "pacify" the region and began a reign of terror that resulted in such an intolerable climate of violence and fear that more than half of the Métis in Manitoba left for the North-West Territories or the Dakota territory) Répertoire de vedettes-matière, via OCLC, viewed 8 September 2022: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge, 1869-1870 (broader term [translated]: Métis--Wars--Canada) Meeting with the Rupertsland Center for Métis Research, 23 March 2023 (Red River Resistance is the term currently used in scholarship; Riel Resistance may be helpful for searching) |
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