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Contents 1 Two people that are part of Saskatchewan History 2 New Template 3 Introductory Paragraph Notes 4 Immigration and Settlement Era: Northwest Rebellion

[edit] Two people that are part of Saskatchewan History

Edgar Dewdney moved the NWT capital from Battleford to Regina and apparently benefited from the choice. Alexander Duncan McRae, who settled in BC, made his fortune during the settlement of Saskatchewan. Although I lived in Saskatchewan for 30 years I had never heard of McRae (although his partner Davidson has a town named after him) and only knew of Dewdney as a street in Regina so I thought those links might interest those working on this article. KenWalker | Talk 03:01, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Template

I've been working on a new template for the Histories of the Provinces. See here:

v • d • e History of the Provinces and territories of Canada
Federal:	History of Canada
Provinces:	British Columbia • Alberta • Saskatchewan • Manitoba • Ontario • Quebec New Brunswick • Nova Scotia • Prince Edward Island • Newfoundland and Labrador
Territories:	Yukon • Northwest Territories • Nunavut

Do you think we need it? And is this the right format for it? Thanks.

I like your new template! I think it is very helpful to link the united concepts across Canada together in one handy place.SriMesh | talk 05:31, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Introductory Paragraph Notes

• 1. Context - describing the category or field in which the idea belongs.History is the study of past human events and activities Saskatchewan is the middle province of Canada's three prairie provinces.
• 2. Characterization - what the term refers to as used in the given context.
• 3. Explanation - deeper meaning and background...prehistory, chronology, historiography, genealogy, paleography, and cliometrics.
• 4. Compare and contrast - how it relates to other topics, if appropriate.
  • Archontology: study of historical offices and important positions in state, international, political, religious and other organizations and societies.
  • Art History: the study of changes in and social context of art.
  • Big History: study of history on a large scale across long time frames (since the Big Bang and up to the future) through a multi-disciplinary approach.
  • Chronology: science of localizing historical events in time.
  • Cultural history: the study of culture in the past.
  • Diplomatic history: the study of international relations in the past.
  • Economic History: the study of economies in the past.
  • Futurology: study of the future: researches the medium to long-term future of societies and of the physical world.
  • History painter: painters of historical motifs and particularly the great events.
  • Intellectual history: the study of ideas in the context of the cultures that produced them and their development over time.
  • Maritime history: the study of maritime transport and all the connected subjects.
  • Military History: the study of warfare and wars in history and what is sometimes considered to be a sub-branch of military history, Naval History.
  • Paleography: study of ancient texts.
  • Political history: the study of politics in the past.
  • Psychohistory: study of the psychological motivations of historical events.
  • Historiography of science: study of the structure and development of science.
  • Social History: the study of the process of social change throughout history.
  • World History: the study of history from a global perspective.
  • Natural history: the study of the development of the cosmos, the Earth, and biology, and interactions thereof.
• 5. Criticism - include criticism if there has been significant, notable criticism.

To now add some more about the topics of #3 and #4 above... :-) SriMesh|talk Julia 04:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Immigration and Settlement Era: Northwest Rebellion

"Louis Riel led the North-West Rebellion of 1885 and stoically fought to defend the existing 'wild west' lifestyle of the fur trade era." - This seems to me to be highly POV, and grossly innacurate. Although there are a variety of academic views on this event, I think its safe to say that the North-West Rebellion had its basis in Metis land concerns. They wanted title to their river lot farms precisely so they could pursue an agricultural lifestyle in the future and not be defrauded and "swamped" by new settlers. The fur trade was already long dead in the areas affected by the Rebellion. As an event of local and national significance I think the Rebellion merits its own section in this article rather than this dismissive and stereotypical treatment. Wyldkattalk March 28, 2008.