Report of Interview Dr. L.H. Thomas and Mr. Gabriel Leveille
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| Database ID | 26966 | |
| Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
| Fonds/Collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board General | |
| File/Item Reference | C92 | |
| Date of creation | 19 September 1955 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 29 pages | |
| Number of images | 29 | |
| Historical note | The "Billy Mackay" Leveille mentions at Prince Albert is likely "Gentleman" Joe McKay. The individual referred to as "Pachel Brient" is likely Pascal Breland. | |
| Scope and content | Transcript of a tape recorded interview of Metis North West Mounted Police employee Gabriel Leveille. Leveille worked in the Cypress Hills, Fort Walsh area during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Topics covered in the interview include Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Canada, Gabriel Dumont and the 1885 uprising, roping a grizzly bear in the Cypress Hills, Chief Piapot, Ranching, and numerous other topics pertaining to Police and Metis life. | |
| Copyright holder | Unknown | |
| Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | Saskatchewan Archives Board General | |
| Place | Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan, Canada Fort Benton, Montana, United States Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 7 Canada -- National International | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Breland, Pascal Crazy Horse Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906 Leveille, Gabriel McKay, Joseph, 1856-1938 (Gentleman Joe) payipwÄt Piapot, 1816-1908 (Chief) Potts, George Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (Chief) Ta-tanka-i-yotank takwanÄw kÄ-apit | |
| Subject | Metis Royal Canadian Mounted Police Early European Settlers Metis -- History Metis -- Communities Metis -- Culture and language Forts Northwest Resistance Treaty -- Treaty 4 Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika (Blackfoot proper) Assiniboine Cree Dakota (Sioux) | |
| Date Range(s) | 1870-1879 1880-1889 1890-1899 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26966
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