1885 hangings at Battleford

The hangings at Battleford refers to the hanging on November 27, 1885, of eight Indigenous men for murders committed in the North-West Rebellion. The executed men were found guilty of committing murder in the Frog Lake Massacre and in the Looting of Battleford, These murders took place outside the actual fighting that took place during the North-West Resistance. The trials and hangings followed the Looting of Battleford, where the judge himself had suffered material loss.

1885 hangings at Battleford

The hangings at Battleford refers to the hanging on November 27, 1885, of eight Indigenous men for murders committed in the North-West Rebellion. The executed men were found guilty of committing murder in the Frog Lake Massacre and in the Looting of Battleford, These murders took place outside the actual fighting that took place during the North-West Resistance. The trials and hangings followed the Looting of Battleford, where the judge himself had suffered material loss.