A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest...
aboriginal war veterans - political influence World War II - native war veterans - Saskatchewan aboriginal peoples - social status aboriginal rights movement
It has been accepted in the historical discourse that a direct link existed between the participation of Aboriginal people in the Second World War and a new political consciousness of Aboriginal people in Canada generally, and Saskatchewan...
This letter is from the Florence Kirk collection at the University of Regina Archives and Special Collections. Kirk spent 18 years teaching English at Ginling College in Nanking (Nanjing), China. In Nanjing Kirk was witness to both the Japanese...
The history of the 28th (Northwest) Battalion, C.E.F. : (October 1914-June 1919) from the memoirs of Brigadier General Alexander Ross ... the official war diary, the regimental part II orders [and] the official lists (Canadian Militia) 1907-1920
•patriotism
•Second World War
•home front
•Saskatoon
Abstract
In the last decade historians have focused greater attention on the Canadian home front during the Second World War. This increased scrutiny has led to studies of not only the war’s impact on the nation at large, but also on specific...
Another garland from the front, Mark III : Red Saskatchewan Infantry Battalion (Western Cavalry) ; originally composed of 12th Manitoba Dragoons, 16th Saskatchewan Light Horse, 27th Saskatchewan Light Horse, 29th Saskatchewan Light Horse, 30th...
Regina (Sask.); Buildings (structures); Neo-classical; Union Bank; Northern Crown Banks
Sepia photograph of the front view of the Northern Bank in Regina. Designed in 1906 by Blair and Northwood of Winnipeg, a partnership of an Irish born engineer and an Ottawa born and McGill University trained architect, the building cost $115,000...
schools; public schools; brick structure; architects;
Color image of the new high and public school erected 1925 in Landis, Saskatchewan. Description reads "Size 26x36, with extension at front 12ft. deep and 14ft. wide. Fireproof. Four rooms and basement. Face brick interiors, interlocking tile...
