Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Louis Riel in 1885 led the Métis settlers against the Canadian government for a second time, and this time the Cree would also have their own uprising as well.
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Music used:
"Chase" by Kevin MacLeod

Notes:
- I couldn't find specific dates for some of the Cree raids, so I had to estimate.
- Some dates for battles were disputed between sources by a day, so I went with my best judgement.

Sources:
- Beal, Bob., Macleod, Rod., Macleod, R. C.. Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion. Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1994.
- Canadian Geographic. “1885 Northwest Resistance.” Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, June 15, 2018. indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/1885-northwest-resistance/.
- Lewis H. Thomas, “RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, biographi.ca/en/bio/riel_louis_1844_85_11E.html.
- Northwest Resistance Digitizaton Project, n.d. library.usask.ca/northwest/contents.html.