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A Nineteenth-Century War of Resistance
Settler “Unionists,” “Half-Breeds,” “Indians,” and the Uprising in the North-West, 1885
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This chapter looks at the Canadian Pacific Railway’s intrusion further west and the ensuing conflicts with Indigenous and Metis populations, Louis Riel’s Provisional Government and the Settlers Union.
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Bryan D. Palmer
Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored, Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.
