CBC News · Posted: Jul 23, 2011 7:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 23, 2011 Social Sharing The federal government is making up to $50,000 available for a memorial in Batoche, Sask., commemorating ...

Instead, this year's Métis Nation – Saskatchewan's Back to Batoche is going to be a virtual event online from July 23-26. Louis Riel and the Red River Resistance honoured in new Canada Post stamp ...

Saskatchewan, and Victor Guillet, President of Local 51, took to Saskatoon airways this week to remind people that Back to Batoche is right around the ...

One of those present at Batoche was Riel’s secretary, a 23-year old former student from the University of Toronto named William Henry Jackson. He joined his family in moving to Prince Albert, ...

THE HERO OF BATOCHE BURIED. Share full article. July 22, 1885. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 22, 1885, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

Back to Batoche Days is Métis Nation–Saskatchewan's (MN-S) annual four-day festival that celebrates Métis identity, culture, values and languages.

WINIPEG, Manitoba, April 24.--A Clarke's Crossing messenger, just returned from the North, brings the following particulars of an engagement with the rebels, which occurred at 9:15 A.M., 15 miles ...

The Battle of Batoche began on May 9, 1885, and ended three days later in a bloodbath. The Métis led by Gabriel Dumont found themselves outmanned by the Canadian soldiers 800 to 300.

For many like Colli, Batoche has become more than a safe haven. It’s a return to something deeper — a connection to land, culture and a community willing to share its space, even in crisis.

Back to Batoche Days celebrates Métis heritage with music, dancing, various performances and other activities that drew in a record-breaking attendance over the four-day event. Saskatoon morning ...

Trottier, a CLA Book of the Year winner, uses fiction in picture books to interest young children in stories of the past. Her latest tells of a 19th-century boy who falls from a wagon during a prairie ...

The federal government is making up to $50,000 available for a memorial in Batoche, Sask., commemorating Métis veterans. The memorial will include eight granite slabs with 3,600 names of Métis who ...