Don McLean interview

Date
1983-03-31
Authors
McLean, Don
Welsh, Christine
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract

Consists of an interview with Don McLean, a non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.

Description
49 p. transcript of an interview with Don McLean conducted by Christine Welsh on March 31, 1983. Tape number IH-005/IH-006, transcript disc 8.
Keywords
Buffalo -- Economic importance of, Buffalo -- Extinction of, Canadian Confederation -- And the CPR, Canadian Confederation -- Riel Rebellion (1885), role in, Canadian Confederation -- And land speculation, Canadian Confederation -- Aboriginal title, extinguishing of, Canadian Pacific Railway -- Financing of, Canadian Pacific Railway -- And land speculation, Canadian Pacific Railway -- Need for, Colonization -- By European nations, Crimes and punishments -- Hunting code, violation of, Jackson, Will, James Bay, Lacombe, Father Albert, MacDonald, Sir John A., MacKenzie, Alexander, Morse, Alexander, O'Donoghue, Wild Bill, Ouellette, Moiese, Poundmaker, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Riel, Louis, Saint Laurent, Saskatchewan, Sayer, Guillaume, Selkirk, Earl of, Semple, Governor Robert, Seven Oaks, Manitoba, Simpson, Governor Sir George, Smith, Donald A., St. Paul, Minnesota, Wolseley, Colonel Garnet, Discrimination -- Against Indians, Fur trade -- And "country marriages", Fur trade -- Company rivalries, Fur trade -- Coureurs de bois, Fur trade -- And economic dependency, Fur trade -- Establishment of, Fur trade -- Home Guard Indians, Fur trade -- And racism, Fur trade -- And social change, Fur trade -- And warfare, Fur trade -- Women, role in, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Amalgamation with North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- As civil authority, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- And colonization, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Employees of, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Establishment of, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Monopolization by, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Indians, policies re:, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Metis, policies re:, Hunting -- Code, violation of, Indian-Federal government relations -- Interior, Dept. of, Legislation -- Laws of St. Laurent, Metis -- Red River Colony, Metis -- Red River Rebellion (1870), Metis -- Riel Rebellion (1885), Metis -- Aboriginal entitlement, Metis -- And agriculture, Metis -- As free traders, Metis -- Bill of Rights, Metis -- As buffalo hunters, Metis -- National identity, development of, Metis -- Land claims settlements, Metis -- Origins of, Metis -- Political organization, Metis -- Indian nations, relations with, Metis -- Social organization, Metis -- And the fur trade, North West Company -- Employees of, North West Company -- Establishment of, North West Mounted Police -- Riel Rebellion (1885), role in, Red River Colony -- And the Hudson's Bay Company, Red River Colony -- And agriculture, Red River Colony -- Establishment of, Red River Colony -- And the Metis, Red River Colony -- And Rebellion (1870), Red River Colony -- Selkirk Settlers, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Aftermath of, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Canadian Government, role in, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Canadian Pacific Railway, role in, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Grievances leading to, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- Metis, role in, Riel Rebellion (1885) -- North West Mounted Police, role in, Scrip -- Land, Scrip -- Money, Scrip -- Speculation in, Social organization -- Communalism, Trade -- Goods, Transportation -- Canoe, Women -- Role of, Alloway, Assiniboia, Batoche, Saskatchewan, Big Bear, Champion, Clarke, Lawrence, Crozier, Superintendent, Dewdney, Lt. Gov. Edgar, Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Dumont, Grabiel, French, Colonel G.A., Grand Coteau, Grant, Cuthbert, Hind, Prof. H.Y.
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