DCHP-3

Half-breed Uprising

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a second uprising of Métis, Crees, and white settlers, caused by the continued expansion of Canadian influence and settlement into the Saskatchewan region, nominally led by Louis Riel.

See: Northwest Rebellion(def. 2)

Quotations

1885
Wild rumors are prevalent here to-day respecting the Half-breed uprising in the North-west.
1935
The half-breed uprising was the only serious interruption to good order in the history of the [Northwest] Territories. . . .