Large format colour photo of individuals labelled "Batoche 98". There are two people sitting at a table, two others sitting to the left and two people standing. A teepee in the background has a sign that reads "Senate of Canada Information Tent".
Cenotaph at gates of Batoche National Historic Site. The Cenotaph reads:
EN NISPRII MIINA CHI
MOOSH KINITOYAAK OOMA
LA ZHOORNII LI JHISWIT DI
JOOYET DEU MIL JIS
AEN KISHKISHIYAAK PI MIINA
L’ONEUR AEN MIYAYAKOOK
AYKWANIKIK LEU VII KA KII
MAEKICHIK AKOOSHPII LII MICHIF
KA NOOTINIKAYCHIK EN MIL WIT
SAAN KAATR VAEN SAENK
A BATOCHE
NIIYANAAN MIINA KI
TIPAYMISHONAAN PI MIINA KI
PAASHPINAAN POOR TOUT BOON
In English, this translates to:
In spirit we reconcile
on this day of July 18, 2010
As we honour those who lost
their lives in the 1885 North West Resistance
We the Métis, died for
Our home and our land
We, the soldiers
Died for Canada
We, the First Nations
Died for our Métis brothers and sisters
We are now forever free.