Batoche 1885

One hundred and twenty years ago, over 250 Metis men took up arms to fight for their rights and liberation from an oppressive political regime. This monograph will document the Metis Resistance and the Metis military and political structures at the South Branch Metis Settlement by way of biographical vignettes of the lives of the participants. The French, Scottish, English and First Nations friends of the Metis who participated in the Resistance are also documented. In this monograph the individual biographies carry the story of the events, often through the participant’s own words.