The Battle of Frenchman's Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, occurred when the Alberta Field Force attacked a force of Cree, dug in on a hillside near Frenchman's Butte. The battlefield is located in what
Alberta Field Force artillery fires on Cree fighters (illustration from a British book)
The North-West Rebellion was an armed rebellion of Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising of Cree and Assiniboine mostly in the District of Saskatchewan, against the Canadian government. Im
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Battle of Batoche Print by Seargent Grundy
The federal government's violation of its treaties with the Cree spurred Big Bear, a Cree chief, to embark on a diplomatic campaign to renegotiate the terms of the treaties.
In March 1885, the Battle of Duck Lake broke out between the Canadian Militia, the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), and Métis and aboriginal warriors.