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| Title: |
Dumont, Gabriel, Watercolour Print |
| Subject: |
1885 Resistance, Dumont, Gabriel, Diefenbaker, John, Beaulieu, Rachel, Fisher, Dennis, Jean |
| Description: |
This image (photograph by Peter Beszterda) is of a Rachel H. Beaulieu’s water colour print entitled "Gabriel Dumont." It includes the following text: "Gabriel Dumont—The military commander for Louis Riel in the 1885 rebellion was one of the most striking persons that John and Elmer Diefenbaker ever met." The print was commissioned by the former Prime Minister, John G. Diefenbaker in 1971. It is part of the Dennis and Jean Fisher Collection. This collection contains archaeological artifacts taken from the battlefields of the 1885 Resistance as well as Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan), Cumberland House (Saskatchewan) and St. Peter’s Mission, Montana. The collection also includes various artifacts and ephemera relating to the 1885 Resistance and Gabriel Dumont. |
| Date: |
1971 |
| Type: |
Image |
| Date of Copyright: |
December 19, 2011 |
| Coverage: |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| GDI Media Filename: |
Gabriel Dumont, The Military Commander ....jpg |
Fisher, Dennis and Jean Métis-Specific Ephemera Collection