Foreword
Testimonials
Author?s Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Review of Major Literature and Interpretive Trends Since 1985
Methodology
The Long Road to Batoche
1: Society and Culture
Social Organization and Family
Customs and Traditions
Relations with First Nations
Relations with Settlers
2. The Métis and the Roman Catholic Church
Cultures in Conflict
1885: The Riel Factor
The General and the Priests
Relations After 1885
3: Political Activism
St. Laurent Council and the Territorial Government Era
A National Feast Day, A Flag, An Anthem
The Last Stand: Armed Resistance
Métis Rights after 1885
4. Economy
The Early Commerce: Fur Trade, Buffalo Hunt, Freighting, and Other Enterprises
Merchant Trading
The Later Years
5: Land Claims on the South Saskatchewan River
Customary Landholding and the Manitoba Precedent
Aboriginal Land Claims through Scrip in 1886 and 1800-1900
6: Hard Times and Coming of Age: Batoche since the 1930s
Women?s Work and More
Off to War
Political Resurgence and Growth
Cultural Revival and Renewal
Appendices
1.1. Métis Wintering at St. Laurent de Grandin Mission 31 December 1897
1.2 Families of St. Antoine de Padoue Parish, Batoche, 1924
1.3 Métis Songs
2. Claims for Losses Suffered in 1885, Batoche and Vicinity
3. Notes on Quantitative Analysis of Homestead Declarations
4.1 Beneficiaries of Land Scrip, Batoche and Vicinity, 1885-87
4.2 Beneficiaries of Land Scrip, Batoche and Vicinity, 1900
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Oral History Interviews
Unpublished Manuscript Sources
Published Sources
Index
