Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion by Bob Beal; Rod MacleodISBN: 9780888302625
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
This book tells us about the Métis, who simply wanted the long-standing boundaries of their river-lot farms respected by the government as Ottawa divided up the land to sell it to homesteaders. It tells about the Indians, whose land had been sold by the government and tradition of self-support destroyed, and who were now literally starving while the government broke its promises or tried to tie them to concessions.