North-West Rebellion

Database ID	27463
Institution	Saskatchewan Archives Board
Fonds/Collection	Shepherd, G.F.
File/Item Reference	51
Date of creation	1953-1975
Physical description/extent	1 folder; .75 cm
Number of images	1
Historical note	Mr. Shepherd was a farmer, author and curator of the Western Development Museum, Saskatoon. His papers consist of personal correspondence, 1938-1977, subject files, 1933-1977; books, 1961-1977 and newspapers. Among the subject files are ones on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Cypress Hills area, Dakota people, and the Western Development Museum. The Books section is mainly about books he wrote.
Scope and content	This file contains correspondence regarding the marking of Fort Carlton, a copy of "Carlton House on the Saskatchewan" by Frank L. Farley, the purchase of the Batoche rectory for use as an historic site, and Lieutenant Howard, the American operator of the Gatling gun at the Battle of Batoche. Also included are typescripts and newspaper clippings concerning the uprising, and a copy of "The Life and Death of Louis Riel," which consists of three papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Vancouver, June 26, 1964, and published in the Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4.
Contributer	Shepherd, G.F.
Copyright holder	Unknown
Copyright expiry date	Unknown
Type	Archival
Primary Media	Textual documents
Specific document types	Articles Correspondence
Provenance Access Point	Shepherd, G.F.
Place	Batoche, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundaries	Treaty 4 Treaty 6
Cultural region	Plains
Names	Captain Howard Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906 Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
Subject	Northwest Resistance Northwest Resistance -- Biographies Forts Indigenous Peoples General Warfare -- Weapons Warfare Cree
Date Range(s)	1880-1889
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27463