Isadore Ledoux interview

Date
1973-07-21
Authors
Ledoux, Isadore
Pearlstone, Carol
McDougal, Doris
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract

Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.

Description
21 p. transcript of an interview with Isadore Ledoux conducted by Carol Pearlstone and Doris McDougal on July 21, 1973. Tape number IH-133, transcript disc 23.
Keywords
Chiefs and chieftainship -- Election of, Christian churches -- Anglican, Christian churches -- Catholic, Christian churches -- Attitudes toward, Discrimination -- Against Indians, Education -- Advanced, Education -- Integrated, Education -- Residential schools, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Indian agents, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Housing, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Permit system, Missionaries -- Attitudes toward, Power -- Vision quests, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- North West Mounted Police, role in, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Accounts of, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Aftermath of, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Grievances leading to, Transportation -- Wagon, Treaties -- Treaty status, Work -- For wages, World War I -- Enlistment, Andre, Father Alexis, Batoche, Saskatchewan, Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Dumont, Gabriel, Fort Assiniboine, Montana, Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan, Garnot, Philip, Mistawasis, Muskeg Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan, Riel, Louis, Weir, John (Indian agent)
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