Alone in an Untamed Land by Maxine Trottier

Through Josephine's faithful diary entries, the reader is transported into this pivotal moment in Canadian history - the time leading up to the defeat of the Métis and the allied First Nations forces at Batoche, the execution of Louis Riel, and the growing tensions between English Canada and French Canada.

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 Métis preserve their way of life are actions she grows to respect and admire. and talk of a second uprising is in the air. The Métis want title to their land, but the government has delayed for years. Hélène will accompany her on the long sea voyage and live with her sisters new family. The buffalo on which the Métis depended for generations have been hunted almost to extinction, and the coming of white settlers poses a threat to their traditional way of life. Many Métis moved here after the 1870 Riel Rebellion in Manitoba left them disallusioned. An edition of Alone in an untamed land (2003) Alone in an untamed land the 'filles du roi' diary of Helene St. Tension grips Batoche, Saskatchewan in 1885.

A young girl watches as the Métis 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. Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Buy a used copy of Alone in an Untamed Land : The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St.

Alone in an Untamed Land by Maxine Trottier