ID: 901002310 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002310	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Red River Resistance (Canadian history, 1869-1870)

Note: Resistance movement aimed at creating a Métis state in present-day Manitoba and parts of Sasketchewan. The dissolution of the Hudson's Bay Company's control of the area in the 1850s led to a power vacuum, with both Métis leaders and members of the colonial Canadian government vying for control. Louis Riel () and Gabriel Dumont (), two Métis leaders, staged an uprising to claim the territory, creating

Display Date: 1869-1870

Names:

	Red River Resistance (Canadian history, 1869-1870) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Resistance, Red River (Canadian history, 1869-1870) (English,A,N)
	Red River Rebellion (Canadian history, 1869-1870) (f,English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<Canadian history> (P)
		............Red River Resistance (Canadian history, 1869-1870) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... movements, resistance
	.....(political concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... armed conflict
	.....(events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Winnipeg
	.....(Province of Manitoba, Canada, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... Manitoba
	.....(Canada, North and Central America) (TGN)

	related to .... Belcourt, Christi (Métis painter, activist, born 1966)
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	topic is .... Métis
	.....(Native North American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Louis Riel (Metis leader and politican, 1844-1885)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay (British trading company, chartered 1670)
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	actor is .... anonymous Metis (Metis cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Red River Resistance (Canadian history, 1869-1870)
	................Encyclopedia of the Great Plains [online] (2011) "Red River Resistance," accessed 29 May 2020, "Red River Resistance,"
	................Canadian Museum of History online (2000-) "Red River Resistance," accessed 29 May 2020, "RIEL’S HANDCUFFS “SOBER REMINDER OF DARK CHAPTER”"
	................Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2000-) "Red River Resistance," accessed 29 May 2020, "Red River Rebellion,"
	Resistance, Red River (Canadian history, 1869-1870)
	................Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	Red River Rebellion (Canadian history, 1869-1870)
	................Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2000-) "Red River Rebellion," accessed 29 May 2020, "Red River Rebellion,"

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Canadian Museum of History online (2000-) accessed 29 May 2020, "RIEL’S HANDCUFFS “SOBER REMINDER OF DARK CHAPTER”"
	................ Encyclopedia of the Great Plains [online] (2011) accessed 29 May 2020, "Red River Resistance,"
	................ Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2000-) accessed 29 May 2020, "Red River Rebellion,"