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Thunder Breeding Hills Series


Catalogue Number:  DP0000
Producer:  InKubation Inc.
Subject:  Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, First Nations Studies, History, Social Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  6 - 8, 9 - 12
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2003
Running Time:  138:00
Closed Captions:  Yes


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The Thunder Breeding Hills series consists of four main themes through six episodes as they happened from 1872 - 1884 in Cypress Hills:

  • Sitting Bull, the Sioux and the circumstances surrounding their presence in Cypress Hills.
  • The Whisky Trade which culminated in the Cypress Hills Massacre.
  • The Introduction of the Northwest Mounted Police and the tactics which distinguished this force from other institutions of the day.
  • The dissapearance of the buffalo and how this affected the regional Indian Nations.



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