| North-West Rebellion | | Duck Lake РFrog Lake Massacre РFort Pitt РFish Creek РCut Knife РBatoche РFrenchman's Butte РLoon Lake РThe Battle of Batoche begins The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion) of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful attempt by the M̩tis people of Saskatchewan to establish their own sovereign nation independent of the Dominion of Canada. ...
The Battle of Duck Lake is the name given to the skirmish between Métis warriors of Saskatchewan and Canadian government forces that signaled the beginning of the North-West Rebellion on March 26, 1885. ...
The Battle of Fort Pitt was part of a Cree uprising coinciding with the Métis revolt that started the North-West Rebellion in 1885. ...
Combatants Métis Dominion of Canada Commanders Gabriel Dumont Frederick Middleton Strength 200 900 Casualties 4 dead 10 dead 45 wounded The Battle of Fish Creek, fought April 24, 1885 at Fish Creek, Saskatchewan, was a major Métis victory over the Dominion forces attempting to quell Louis Riels...
The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2nd, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. ...
The Battle of Batoche was the decisive Canadian victory over Métis rebels that led to the surrender of Louis Riel on May 15 and the collapse of his provisional governments resistance in the North-West Rebellion (the Cree, however, would continue to successfully engage Canadian authorities in the...
The Battle of Frenchmans Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, occurred when a force of Cree, dug in on a hillside near Frenchmans Butte, was unsuccessfully attacked by the Alberta Field Force. ...
The Battle of Loon Lake concluded the North-West Rebellion on June 3, 1885. ...
| The Frog Lake Massacre was a Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion. Led by Wandering Spirit, young Cree warriors attacked the small town near Frog Lake, Alberta in April 2, 1885. The Cree are an indigenous people of North America whose people range from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. ...
The Battle of Batoche begins The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion) of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful attempt by the Métis people of Saskatchewan to establish their own sovereign nation independent of the Dominion of Canada. ...
Wandering Spirit aka Kapapamahchakwew aka Papamahchakwayo aka Esprit Errant (b. ...
Frog Lake Map is a small community about a two and half hour drive east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with a reserve population of approximately 1,000. ...
April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ...
1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Angered by what seemed to be unfair treaties by the Canadian government and the dwindling buffalo population, their main source of food, Big Bear and his Cree decided to rebel after the successful Métis victory at Duck Lake. They gathered all the white settlers in the area into the local church. Thomas Quinn, the town's Indian Agent, was killed after a disagreement broke out. The Cree then shot the settlers. Nine people were killed and three were taken as captives. Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ...
Chief Mistahimaskwa, 1885 Big Bear or Mistahimaskwa (c. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ...
The Battle of Duck Lake is the name given to the skirmish between Métis warriors of Saskatchewan and Canadian government forces that signaled the beginning of the North-West Rebellion on March 26, 1885. ...
The massacre prompted the Canadian government to take notice of the growing unrest in Western Canada. The rebellion was eventually put down, and Wandering Spirit, the war chief responsible for the Frog Lake Massacre, was hanged.
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List of conflicts in Canada is a chronological timeline of events that includes wars, battles, skirmishes, major terrorist attacks and other related items that have occurred in the country of Canadas geographical area. ...
Reference - Cameron, W. B. (1926). The war trail of Big Bear. Toronto.
(Account of the massacre by the only white man who survived it)
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External links - University of Alberta Libraries
- Article
- Wandering Spirit Bio
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