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Detailed report upon all claims to land and right to participate in the North-West Half-Breed Grant by settlers along the South
Saskatchewan and vicinity, west of Range 26, W. 2nd Meridian, being the settlements commonly known as St. Louis de Langevin, St. Laurent or Batoche, and Duck
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The North-West
Rebellion of 1885 was a traumatic event for all the Southbranch communities, and they had passed their prime by the 1890s when the railway brought in increasing numbers of new immigrant settlers. Some of the settlements, such as St. Louis still remain however.
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McPhillips' alphabetical and business directory of the district of
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in about 1875. In 1873 the
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Gabriel Dumont was the leader of the buffalo hunt for his group of 200 hunters living in the
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were hunters and trappers who spent the winter on the prairies and returned to the Red River settlement in the spring with their winter catch.
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in 1885 (within the black diamonds) included the central section of
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Batoche
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St. Laurent, the oldest of the settlements, was originally the wintering home of
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St. Louis de
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Church, rectory and cemetery of Saint Antoine de Padoue in Batoche
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Fish Creek Mission was also established by Father Lecoque o.m.i..
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Batoche and St. Laurent de Grandin were founded by French MĂ©tis
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Communautés métisses de la rivière Saskatchewan Sud
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227:The Southbranch Settlements are circled in black.
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956:Metis Child and Family Services Society
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277:Provisional Government of Saskatchewan
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411:and a post office (called Boucher).
279:with their headquarters at Batoche.
1080:History of Saskatchewan by location
856:The National Committee of the MĂ©tis
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560:"FRENCH AND MÉTIS SETTLEMENTS"
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884:Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation
678:MĂ©tis Nation British Columbia
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564:Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
385:MĂ©tis plains buffalo hunters
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372:Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906)
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688:Métis Nation—Saskatchewan
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791:Alberta MĂ©tis Federation
754:(Southbranch Settlement)
745:(Southbranch Settlement)
421:District of Saskatchewan
289:South Saskatchewan River
275:, and others set up the
223:District of Saskatchewan
693:MĂ©tis Nation of Ontario
683:MĂ©tis Nation of Alberta
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305:St. Laurent
1064:Categories
1034:52°50′00″N
987:Hivernants
919:in Alberta
544:January 6,
519:January 5,
442:References
336:Hivernants
332:hivernants
297:Fish Creek
265:Louis Riel
100:Fish Creek
52:Battleford
827:Fur trade
750:Exovedate
716:(Alberta)
393:Mission (
391:Duck Lake
309:St. Louis
164:Loon Lake
116:Cut Knife
84:Fort Pitt
68:Frog Lake
36:Duck Lake
926:US MĂ©tis
834:Marriage
822:Scottish
415:See also
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970:Culture
907:Society
810:History
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660:people
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283:History
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