"'For Our Own Purposes': Prime Minister Macdonald Deliberately Portrayed Indians as Rebels in 1885" in Champlain Society's Findings/Trouvailles

In November's Findings/Trouvailles contribution by Dr. W.A. Waiser, entitled "'For Our Own Purposes': Prime Minister Macdonald Deliberately Portrayed Indians as Rebels in 1885," Dr. Waiser spotlights correspondence between John A. Macdonald and governor general Lord Landsdowne that reveals the intentional "spin" Macdonald applied in the aftermath of the Northwest Resistance, with terrible consequences for Indigenous peoples. Waiser's post is evidence that politicians' characterizations of events can create concrete repercussions in the lives of many people.