• Age: 14
• Grade: 9

Gabriel Dumont is an iconic figure in Métis and Canadian history. In the popular imagination, he is well known for leading the Métis forces during the 1885 Resistance, and for being a renowned bison hunt leader, a Wild West show performer, and a husband to his beloved Madeleine. But outside of printed history and a fragmented oral history what do we really know about him? How has he been imagined over time? This book answers these questions by focusing on visual and journalistic representations of Gabriel Dumont through time and space. Compiled together for the first time, these eclectic sources provide poignant vignettes of Gabriel Dumont’s life, which will greatly contribute to our knowledge about him, and will further contribute to his legend.

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• Winner, Saskatchewan Book Awards - Book of the Year
• Winner, Saskatchewan Book Awards - Award for Publishing
• Short-listed, Saskatchewan Book Awards - Non-Fiction Award
• Short-listed, Saskatchewan Book Awards - Saskatoon Book Award

Gabriel Dumont: Li Chief Michif in Images and in Words

This book, published in recognition of the 125th anniversary of the 1885 Resistance, is the largest collection of images related to the life, career and times of the Métis leader, Gabriel Dumont. The document, both visually and with annotative text, his story and that of the Métis. Dumont’s life is chronicled in historical photographs and illustrated historical images as found in the newspapers of the times. Also included are chapters on material objects, places and events associated with Dumont and artistic representations of him. The portrayal of Dumont in film, documentaries, theatre, books, magazines, graphic novels, blogs, newspapers, magazines and antiqued books is also documented and critiqued. This visual and textual cornucopia of primary sources about Dumont provides a fascinating insight into his life and role as leader of the Métis.