JOURNAL ARTICLE

ELEVEN SETTLER STORIES THAT MATTER: An Environmental History of the 1870s Migration to Manitoba.

  • Published In: Preservings, 2024, n. 49. P. 11 1 of 3

  • Database: America: History and Life with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Loewen, Royden 3 of 3

Abstract

The article presents stories of settlers and an environmental history of the 1870s migration of Mennonites to Manitoba. Chief Ke-wa-tay-ash, Flying Round, the fifth Indigenous leader to put his X to Treaty one, asked the Canadian government to recognize his people's land. David L. Plett described the nature along the route of the migration from Ukraine to Manitoba. Other stories include that of Elisabeth Janzen Loewen, Elisabeth Rempel Reimer, aeltester Gerhard Wiebe, and farmer Peter Elias.

Additional Information

  • Source:Preservings. 2024/09, Issue 49, p11
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1914-7007
  • Accession Number:184543528

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