Red River Settlement
Resources to learn about the Red River Settlement.
Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Volume 1 by Publication Date: 2015This illuminating account presents the story of the unique legal and governmental system that attempted to do so and the mixed success it encountered, culminating in the 1869-70 Red River Rebellion and confederation with Canada in 1870.
Lord Selkirk : a life by Publication Date: 2008The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted's passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man, but also the political and economic realities of the British empire at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Red River Remembered by Publication Date: 2012Lessons learned long ago in the author's grandmother's kitchen included instructions in food preparation and preservation, proper behavior, manners, how to dress, sew and generally navigate through life the "Old Kildonan" way. The Red River Settlers made a major contribution to Canada.
Red River Trails by Publication Date: 1979The many difficulties and occasional rewards of early travel and transportation in Minnesota are highlighted in this book, along with the state's relations with what became western Canada and insights into the development of business in Minnesota. The meeting of Indian and European cultures is vividly manifested by the mixed-blood Metis who became the mainstay of the Red River trade.
- Centre for Rupert's Land StudiesThe Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg facilitates scholarly research and publishing concerning the human history of the Hudson's Bay Company territory, known from 1670 to 1870 as Rupert's Land.
- Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection WebinarIn this webinar, hosted on the Canada's History magazine website, Amelia Fay discusses the Hudson’s Bay Company Museum Collection at the Manitoba Museum.
- Our World Portal - Red River Settlement ResourcesThis is a direct link to search results from the University of Manitoba's Our World Gateway related to the Red River Settlement. This includes newspaper and magazine articles as well as to fully digitized monographs.
- Red River Métis Farming, 1810–1870A history of farming at the Red River Settlement published as a virtual book by Métis Historian Norma J. Hall, Ph.D.