, who heard the case, was biased In the spring of 2008, Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister
Christine Tell proclaimed in Duck Lake that "the 125th commemoration, in 2010, of the 1885 Northwest Resistance is an excellent opportunity to tell the story of the prairie Métis and First Nations peoples' struggle with Government forces and how it has shaped Canada today." Fort Otter was built during the Rebellion, on the site of
Battleford's government house located at the capital of the
North-West Territories (1876 and 1883). The
largest Canadian mass hanging occurred here when eight First Nations men were executed for murders they committed during the
Frog Lake Massacre and the
looting of Battleford. The fort was designated a
national historic site of Canada in 1923 and became known as the
Fort Battleford National Historic Site. This commemorated its role as military base of operations for battles of Cut Knife Hill and Fort Pitt, as a refuge for 500 area settlers, and for its role in the lifting of the
Siege of Battleford. == References ==