North-West Rebellion

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The North-West Rebellion was an 1885 armed uprising of Métis and Indigenous peoples in what is now western Canada against the Canadian government, led by Louis Riel and ultimately suppressed by federal forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
rebellion
uprising
alsoKnownAs 1885 Rebellion
North-West Rebellion
surface form: North-West Resistance
commander Gabriel Dumont
Louis Riel
country Canada
endTime 1885-06
followedBy trial of Louis Riel
hasCause Indigenous treaty rights disputes
Métis land rights grievances
construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
decline of the bison
economic hardship on the Prairies
expansion of Canadian settlement westward
hasEffect execution of Louis Riel
expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s strategic importance
heightened tensions between French and English Canadians
increased federal control over the West
hasParticipant Assiniboine people
British regular forces
Canadian militia
surface form: Canadian Militia

Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Canadian government

Cree peoples
Métis
surface form: Métis people

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
surface form: North-West Mounted Police
historicalRegion Plains of Canada
surface form: Canadian Prairies
leader Louis Riel
location Northwest Territories
surface form: North-West Territories

present-day Alberta
present-day Saskatchewan
mainBattle Battle of Batoche
Battle of Cut Knife
Battle of Fish Creek
surface form: Battle of Duck Lake

Battle of Fish Creek
Battle of Frenchman Butte
Battle of Loon Lake
opposingCommander Frederick Dobson Middleton
Thomas Bland Strange
William Dillon Otter
partOf history of Indigenous–state relations in Canada
history of Western Canada
pointInTime 1885
result defeat of Métis and Indigenous forces
victory of Canadian government forces
significantEvent capture of Batoche
North-West Rebellion self-linksurface differs
surface form: surrender of Louis Riel
startTime 1885-03

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Royal Winnipeg Rifles participatedIn North-West Rebellion
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada participatedIn North-West Rebellion
Métis notableHistoricalEvent North-West Rebellion
this entity surface form: North-West Resistance
Royal Canadian Regiment engagement North-West Rebellion
Canadian militia engagedIn North-West Rebellion
Plains Cree historicalEventInvolvement North-West Rebellion
this entity surface form: North-West Rebellion of 1885
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery hasBattleHonour North-West Rebellion
R Wpg Rif battleHonour North-West Rebellion
subject surface form: Royal Winnipeg Rifles
this entity surface form: North West Rebellion
RWR hasBattleHonour North-West Rebellion
subject surface form: Royal Winnipeg Rifles
this entity surface form: North West Rebellion
RWR engagedIn North-West Rebellion
subject surface form: Royal Winnipeg Rifles
this entity surface form: North-West Rebellion of 1885
90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles conflict North-West Rebellion
North-West Rebellion alsoKnownAs North-West Rebellion
this entity surface form: North-West Resistance
North-West Rebellion significantEvent North-West Rebellion self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: surrender of Louis Riel
QOR engagement North-West Rebellion
William Dillon Otter conflict North-West Rebellion
Royal Canadian Artillery engagement North-West Rebellion