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Louis Riel Rebellion 1885 Gun

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Louis Riel Rebellion 1885 Gun
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This gun is from the Metis Cree Native Americans from the Louis Riel Rebellion or otherwise known as, "North-West Rebellion" in 1885. This was purchased by the present collector in 1980 at the Boston Bar Trading Post Antique & Curious on the Trans Canada Highway. The 1885 Rebellion was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against Canada. During a time of great social change in Western Canada, the Métis believed that Canada had failed to address the protection of their rights, their land and their survival as a distinct people. Despite some notable early victories at Duck Lake, Fish Creek and Cut Knife, the rebellion effectively ended for the Métis with their defeat at the siege of Batoche, Saskatchewan, the eventual scattering of their allied Aboriginal forces elsewhere, and the trial and hanging of Louis Riel. This is a true piece of Canadian and Native American History. Measures 54" long. This piece has brass tacks designs and buffalo hide holding together the barrel. This gun is from this battle and is an incredibly rare piece. This comes with the bill of sale from the place it was purchased.