num_pages: 231
description: A young girl watches as the Mtis life she knows is threatened by conflict and the men in her family are called to action by Louis Riel the charismatic leader of the North West Resistance. Tension grips Batoche Saskatchewan in 1885. Many Mtis moved here after the 1870 Riel Rebellion in Manitoba left them disallusioned. But life in Batoche is difficult. The buffalo on which the Mtis depended for generations have been hunted almost to extinction and the coming of white settlers poses a threat to their traditional way of life. The Mtis want title to their land but the government has delayed for years. Promises are no longer enough . . . and talk of a second uprising is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Josephine finds herself torn over her feelings about the Resistance: she is worried for her brother who is eager to fight; for her father who prefers a peaceful solution; for Edmond Swift Fox her friend whom she loves and will eventually marry; and for Louis Riel the leader whose efforts to help the Mtis preserve their way of life are actions she grows to respect and admire. Through Josephines faithful diary entries the reader is transported into this pivotal moment in Canadian history  the time leading up to the defeat of the Mtis and the allied First Nations forces at Batoche the execution of Louis Riel and the growing tensions between English Canada and French Canada.
language: English
title: Blood Upon Our Land: The North West Resistance Diary Of Josephine Bouvier
publisher: None