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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781442602625
035			_a(DE-B1597)528832
035			_a(OCoLC)1114825947
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aE90.D83 _bW66 2003eb
072		7	_aBIO006000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a971.05/4/092
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aWoodcock, George _eautore
245	1	0	_aGabriel Dumont / _cGeorge Woodcock; ed. by J.R. Miller.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c[2003]
264		4	_c©2003
300			_a1 online resource (256 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe struggle of the Métis of the Saskatchewan River against the government of Canada culminated in the Riel Rebellion of 1885-an event of central importance in shaping almost all of the key polarities of Canadian history. If Riel provided the intellectual inspiration for the Rebellion, it was Gabriel Dumont who provided its strategy, and arguably its soul. Dumont, a leading figure in the Métis society of hunters along the South Saskatchewan, had been president of the short-lived local government, and became "Adjutant General of the Métis people" when a Provisional Government was declared in 1885. After the defeat of the Rebellion by the Canadian militia Dumont lived for several years in the United States, and was for some time a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. In his last years he returned to his old home near Batoche (site of the final defeat of the Métis forces in 1885), where he died in 1906. George Woodcock's biography of Dumont displays the author's remarkable gift for evocative narration and description. In the wake of its 1975 publication Canadians had a new reference point in the way they thought of the Riel Rebellion; alongside the spirituality and impulsiveness of Riel was the calm commitment of Dumont, whose intuitive feel for the land and for the moods of his people have now become part of the Canadian historical imagination. For this re-issue of Woodcock's classic biography noted historian J.R. Miller has written a substantial introduction setting Gabriel Dumont in the context of Canadian history as we now understand it, in the context of Canadian historiography, and in the context of Woodcock's other work. As Miller convincingly argues, the biography is richly deserving of a lasting place in Canada's historical literature.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650		0	_aMétis _zCanada, Western _vBiography.
650		4	_aCoursebook.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aMiller, J.R. _ecuratore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442602625
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442602625/original
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