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	Virtual Saskatchewan - Batoche
		BATOCHE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE - Bullet holes above the doorway to the church/rectory complex are the most tangible evidence of the historic Battle of Batoche that occurred here in May of 1885.
		Batoche was settled in the early 1870s by Metis of mostly French and Indian blood.
		By lowering a ferry cable across the South Saskatchewan, Metis forces critically damaged the smokestacks and wheel house of the Northcote, cleverly scuttling Middleton's plan to attack by water and land.
	www.virtualsk.com /current_issue/batoche.html (1912 words)

	Virtual Saskatchewan - Gabriel Dumont
		He observed Saskatchewan change from a teeming and wild land of grasses, rivers and forests - a land without boundaries - to a tamed, measured-out patchwork of farmland tended by sod-busters from somewhere else.
		Batoche was not yet a settlement when the Dumonts arrived in the late fall of 1840.
		He returned to Saskatchewan in 1890, disillusioned by his futile attempts to raise political sympathy among the French in Quebec, France and the eastern U.S. Dumont spent his last years hunting, fishing and mostly keeping to himself, although he enjoyed telling the children of his nephews and nieces about the old days and ways.
	www.virtualsk.com /current_issue/dumont.html (1995 words)

	The Funeral Directory - Once Upon a Tomb - Saskachewan
		Saskatchewan's graveyards are a lot like Alberta's- for the most part silent and modest to a fault.
		Dumont has the biggest individual gravemarker in the Batoche cemetery: a great slab of rock on the river bank marking the spot where, the story goes, he's buried standing up, the better to see the enemy coming from the river side.
		Batoche is a natural historic site now but all the mod cons that go with such a designation- audio visual presentations, shiny bathrooms, interpretive panels- are located quite a distance from the cemetery.
	www.thefuneraldirectory.com /once.html (1134 words)

	Saskatchewan History - Canadawiki
		When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905 and the 4th Meridian selected as the inter-provincial boundary, the Village of Lloydminster found itself neatly sliced in half.
		The Alberta portion of the divided community was incorporated as a Village in Alberta on July 6, 1906, while the Saskatchewan portion was incorporated as a Town in Saskatchewan in April, 1907.
		Saskatchewan and Alberta officially became provinces within the Canadian Confederation on September 1, 1905.
	canadawiki.org /index.php/Saskatchewan_History (3505 words)

	Saskatchewan
		Until 1870, the land that was to become the province of Saskatchewan lay under the suzerainty of the Hudson's Bay Company's flag.
		In 1964, with the province's 60th anniversary approaching, Saskatchewan held a contest to design a flag to mark the occasion.
		And there the issue should sit, except for one tantalizing hint that just maybe the Lieutenant Governor's flag for Saskatchewan was used in the early years of the century.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/Saskatchewan.html (1695 words)

	Saskatchewan travel guide - Wikitravel
		Saskatchewan is one of Canada's 10 provinces, located in the Prairies.
		Despite Saskatchewan's reputation for its prairie geography, there is a surprising variety of landscapes, including the hills and lakes in the north, a lake with water that is denser than the Dead Sea, and the North and South Saskatchewan rivers.
		Saskatchewan's population used to be primarily rural, but is becoming more urban.
	wikitravel.org /en/Saskatchewan (695 words)

	Manitoba History: Review: Batoche (1870-1910)
		With the centenary of the 1885 Saskatchewan Rebellion, it is appropriate that a study which has addressed a major weakness in the Rebellion literature should be published.
		The historical study of Batoche, from its emergence out of the wintering camps of the hivernants in the region of the forks of the Saskatchewan River to its inclusion as part of the mosaic of the settlement experience in Western Canada, provides a perspective for the events of the Rebellion that is not frequently encountered.
		She demonstrates that, in matters of a religious nature, except for the period of the Rebellion, the Métis at Batoche accepted the leadership of the clergy.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/mb_history/10/batoche.shtml (737 words)

	M￩tis remember historic battle : ICT [2003/09/11] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		BATOCHE, Saskatchewan - Quietly proceeding on a rural highway, 13-year-old Owen Worsley carries the Canadian Maple Leaf along with other flag bearers who stretch across the pavement's two lanes.
		Batoche was the site of a four-day battle in May 1885 when an under-equipped militia, numbering no more than 300, fought an army regiment about triple in size that was moved in by Ottawa to protect federal interests such as the extension of the national railroad.
		Huddled around the grave, marked by nine wooden crosses and a picket fence that show their century-old age, dignitaries from the M￩tis community paid their respect stating the importance of always remembering these men, this battle and above all, never to forget what it is to be a M￩tis.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1063293315 (721 words)

	Back to Batoche : ICT [2003/09/11] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		BATOCHE, Saskatchewan - Long after the crackles of bonfires have been extinguished; fiddle music drifts over the stillness of a prairie night.
		The fiddling contest closes out Back to Batoche, an annual four-day affair that started in 1970 which celebrates the M￩tis, their history and culture.
		With the number of different cultural components that define the M￩tis, Saskatchewan passed the M￩tis Act in 2001 that recognized their achievements.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1063294256 (1088 words)

	Celebrating Saskatchewans Heritage, Saskatchewan Links and Web Resources for Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saskatchewan First Nations Heritage Site - The Saskatchewan First Nations Heritage Site is designed to serve as a resource for compiling and sharing information related to the language, culture, arts, history, and current affairs of the Dene, Woodland Cree, Swampy Cree, Plains Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota.
		Batoche - Batoche displays the remains of the village of Batoche on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River.
		Saskatchewan in Two World Wars - This is a virtual exhibit that features pictures from the archives and information regarding the outbreak of war, recruitment, enlistment, training, equipment, overseas images, home front impacts and much more.
	olc.spsd.sk.ca /de/saskatchewan100/links-students.html (1443 words)

	`The Free People - Otipemisiwak': Batoche, Saskatchewan 1870-1930. by Gerhard J Ens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The thesis is bold and a detailed account of Métis society on the North Saskatchewan to 1930 has long been needed, but the book falls well short of the mark set by the author.
		Payment admits that by 1925 the Métis of the Batoche region existed as a class of poor people on the fringes of European society, but given her emphasis on continuity, and the paucity of evidence and analysis of the period after 1900, the reader is at a loss to explain or understand this result.
		Payment demonstrates that Batoche survived as a vital Métis community until the turn of the century, but the disintegration of its Métis identity and economy after this point raises the question of whether the concept of continuity is appropriate to the study of the western Métis to 1930.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/724/otipemisiwak15.html (761 words)

	Tourism: Historic Sites: Aboriginal History: Batoche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The following images were shot in the original Batoche site (18 kms east of Rosthern on #312 and about 7 kms north), which was part of the St. Laurent Settlement.
		The situation did not develop overnight, rather it resulted from the federal government's inaction to the long standing grievances of those living on the frontier.
		Batoche National Historic Site relates the history of Metis culture and society, and the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
	interactive.usask.ca /ski/tourism/historic_sites/batoche.html (318 words)

	MNC :: Order of the Métis Nation Recipient :: Jim Sinclair
		Jim Sinclair was born on June 3, 1933 in Punnichy, Saskatchewan, of Indian parents denied their status under the Indian Act.
		Sinclair organized 20,000 Aboriginal people at Batoche, Saskatchewan to rally for the rights of the Métis, and began discussion with federal and provincial governments regarding Constitutional rights.
		In 1996, was elected President of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples of Saskatchewan, a position that he continues to hold today.
	www.metisnation.ca /order/order_jsinclair.html (849 words)

	The First Shot Rang Out
		He is buried in the Batoche cemetery overlooking the river.
		The four seasons, fall, winter, spring and summer are used to underline the importance of the characters to the Uprising.
		This mural was painted by German Jaramillo, a Saskatchewan resident, and can be seen on the curling rink in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /pm.php?id=story_line&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000134&sl=2162&pos=15 (668 words)

	Saskatchewan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saskatchewan is the only province without geographic features such as a river, mountain range, or shoreline as a boundary.
		Saskatchewan is home to many Metis and Native peoples.
		Saskatchewan's flag has a prairie lily, shield with a lion, and 3 wheat things and the colors are yellow and green.
	www.edu.pe.ca /vrcs/grassroots/2002/grade4/canada/webs/sask/sask.htm (135 words)

	COTEAU BOOKS IN SCHOOLS - BATOCHE by Kim Morrissey - Authors
		Batoche won third prize in the 1987 CBC literary contest (judged by Al Purdy), and was a co-winner (with manuscripts by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane) of the 1987 Saskatchewan Writers Guild Poetry Awards (judged by Gwendolyn MacEwen and bp nichol).
		Batoche is taught at secondary school level, as well as at various universities, including the Gabriel Dumont Institute.
		Batoche can be ordered directly from the publisher and are also available internationally through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
	members.aol.com /CanLit/Coteau/Morrissey/Batoche/author.htm (704 words)

	Marvin Swartz Saskatchewan Landscape Painter
		The Saskatchewan and other rivers, which to fur traders had been a superhighway, were becoming significant obstacles to travel.
		The inception of ferry crossings in Saskatchewan was humble.
		The ferries came to Saskatchewan during rapid growth and frontier enthusiasm which is always fertile ground for legend.
	www.uvisions.com /swartz/article.html (1074 words)

	Welcome to Back to Batoche
		The 1885 Resistance occurred because the Métis were frustrated that the federal government did not address their many petitions regarding their lack of formal title to their lands and their desire for proper political representation.
		In the 1870s, the Métis of the Saskatchewan District (of the North-West Territories) did not have a voice in the territorial government.
		The Métis in the Saskatchewan District (and in the Assiniboia District in what is now southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta) did not have formal title to their lands.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /~batoche/html/resources/proof_why_did_the_1885_res.php (1238 words)

	Jacqueline Guest's Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Batoche is the traditional home of the Métis in Saskatchewan.
		This is a an artist's rendition of Batoche in 1885 before the battle.
		The main road shown in the painting is the Carlton Trail, which ran between what is now Winnipeg and Edmonton.
	www.jacquelineguest.com /batoche.htm (105 words)

	Boxing Saskatchewan - Who we are:
		Boxing Saskatchewan is a non-profit society which regulates the sport of amateur boxing in Saskatchewan.
		Norris Petit, a long standing member of Boxing Saskatchewan, president of Saskatoon Aboriginal Youth Boxing Club and current 1st vice President of Boxing Saskatchewan was recently recognized by Boxing Saskatchewan for his long-term contributions to the sport.
		Boxing Saskatchewan congratulates Claude on his prestigious award, which is in addition to being recognized in 1991 with induction into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame and Citizen of the Year, Saskatoon in 1994.
	www.boxingsask.com (422 words)

	Federal Land Transferred to Métis Nation of Saskatchewan
		The 71.6 hectares, (about 177 acres), are part of an area traditionally regarded as the Métis homeland, and adjoin land the Métis Nation already owns and operates as a recreational area and campground.
		The federal government acquired the land during the 1980's as part of a land exchange with a private owner that enabled a nearby highway to be rerouted to form the boundary of Batoche National Historic Site.
		Batoche National Historic Site is situated on the east bank of the South Saskatchewan River, 88 km northeast of Saskatoon.
	www.pch.gc.ca /newsroom/index_e.cfm?fuseaction=displayDocument&DocIDCd=6NR132 (398 words)

	Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. - Metis Settlements and Communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Batoche, Saskatchewan: This Metis settlement along the South Saskatchewan River is named after Metis trader and businessman François Xavior Letendré dit Batoche.
		Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan and Alberta: This hilly area at the southern corner on the boundary of Saskatchewan and Alberta was long used as a wintering area for Metis and first Nations people.
		Isbister, a fur trader and farmer, was born on November 29, 1833 at Oxford House the son of John Isbister; an Orkneyman employed with HBC and Francis Sinclair an English Metis.
	www.mmf.mb.ca /pages/educational/edupages/settlements.php (8805 words)

	Batoche, Saskatchewan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Batoche, Saskatchewan is the site of the historic Battle of Batoche, the last battlefield in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.
		The Métis settlement of Batoche (named after Xavier Letendre "dit Batoche") was established in 1872.
		Batoche was declared a National Historic Site in 1923
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/batoche__saskatchewan.html (89 words)

	Saskatchewan Canada Bed and Breakfast Inns Lodging Accommodations BnBscape
		Most of Saskatchewan’s 34 provincial parks are in wooded uplands, such as Moose Mountain, Duck Mountain, and the Cypress Hills, or around lakes, such as the parks around Greenwater Lake and Lac La Ronge.
		Saskatchewan’s public library system consists of two municipal libraries, in Regina and Saskatoon, and seven regional libraries.
		Among the specialized libraries are those at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre in Saskatoon, and the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Library in Regina.
	www.bnbscape.com /saskatchewan/saskatchewan.htm (590 words)

	CBC - Saskatchewan Votes 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Calvert called Saskatchewan the best place to call home and championed what he called a strong and vibrant democracy.
		Calvert trumpeted the party's gains in popular vote, which increased to 44.5 per cent from the 38.7 per cent that Romanow received when he formed the minority government that Calvert inherited in 2001.
		Though his party appeared neck and neck with the Saskatchewan Party, it was clear that people preferred Calvert over Hermanson for the job of premier.
	www.cbc.ca /saskvotes2003 (540 words)

	4th Line Theatre
		In 1885, during the Riel Resistance, soldiers from Millbrook, Ontario did something that would link their hometown to this historic Canadian conflict for over a century.
		The blessed bell was from the Catholic church in Batoche, Saskatchewan.
		In 1991 the bell went missing and its whereabouts remains a mystery.
	www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca /plays/crossings.php (128 words)

	Saskatchewan Forts
		A Hudson's Bay Co. post that was relocated from the Forks of the Saskatchewan River to a new site 58 km upstream.
		Also located near here is the site of a 1776 trading post, just west of the city, and an 1887 NWMP guardhouse at the Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections.
		The Hudson's Bay Co. reconstructed this post east of the old French fort, on the south bank of the Saskatchewan River.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/sk.html (758 words)

	Maria Campbell
		Her writers’ camp at Gabriel’s Crossing – the old Gabriel Dumont homestead near Batoche, Saskatchewan – resulted in the 1991 anthology Achimoona, a collection of stories which showcased emerging Aboriginal authors.
		She was honoured with an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from the University of Regina and taught Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
		Maria Campbell received the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for bringing the story of her people to the eyes and ears of the world.
	www.naaf.ca /html/m_campbell_e.html (212 words)

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