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Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) was a Métis political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements within the North-West Rebellion at the battles of Batoche, Fish Creek, and Duck Lake as well as for his role in the signing of treaties with the Blackfoot tribe, the traditional main enemy of the Métis.
Gabriel Dumont (born December 1837, Red River Settlement [Canada]—died May 19, 1906, Bellevue, Saskatchewan, Canada) was a Métis leader who rose to political prominence in an age of declining buffalo herds and was concerned about the ongoing economic prosperity and political independence of his people. He was a prominent hunt chief and ...
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Gabriel Dumont, Métis leader (born December 1837 at Red River Settlement; died 19 May 1906 at Bellevue, SK ). Dumont rose to political prominence in an age of declining buffalo herds. He fought for decades for the economic prosperity and political independence of his people. Dumont was a prominent hunt chief and warrior, but is best known for ...
The Gabriel Dumont Institute (Saskatchewan), created in 1980, is a community organisation that aims to preserve the Métis' unique culture and to support the various Métis community groups and their initiatives in the fields of education, the arts and social services.
In that year Gabriel Dumont was elected leader, a position he retained as long as the buffalo lasted. The presence of a large, semi-permanent Métis population on the south branch of the Saskatchewan River attracted the attention of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, who in 1868 sent Father Alexis André* to minister to the growing community.
The Métis hastily organized a defence and met with the NWMP near Duck Lake on 26 March 1885. After a botched parley where the NWMP shot and killed an unarmed Cree named Assiwyin and Gabriel Dumont’s brother Isidore, the Métis returned fire, killing 12 Mounties. Dumont was shot in the head during the battle, the bullet glancing off his skull.
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Gabriel Dumont was a man of action, whose many admirable qualities, including his selflessness, courage, sense of duty, and love of his people, have inspired generations of Métis. At age twenty-five, Gabriel became the leader of the Métis wintering along the South Saskatchewan River as well as the Métis bands in the Touchwood Hills.
