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Manitoba Act
The Manitoba Act was made. It established Manitoba as a bilingual province, with educational rights for catholics and protestants. Metis also got land rights. -
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Timespan
The Manitoba Act was made. It established Manitoba as a bilingual province, with educational rights for catholics and protestants. Metis also got land rights. -
Scrips
Metis got a scrip which they could trade for land. The scrip wasn't fair and they should have just been assigned land. -
The Northwest Resistance
The Northwest Resistance protected Metis lands until what it has become today which is Saskatchewan. This was a way to assert the Metis rights and was an atempt to overthrow the Canadian government. -
Metis Land
The Metis got land from the Catholic Church. The Metis didn't get title to this land and when the settlement had closed the Metis had to leave to. -
Metis Population Betterment Act
The Alberta government passed this act and it gave the Metis 12 temporary settlements. This was the first time in Canadian history where we gave the Metis land. -
Metis Settlements
The Settlements didn't give them control over the land and when 4 of the settlements proved to be unstable with hunting, farming or fishing the land was closed and went back to Alberta. -
Metis Rights
The Metis lobbied for recognition of Metis rights in Canada's constitution.Section 35 was made and it recognized Metis as one of Canada's aboriginal people with rights. -
Permanent Settlements
The Alberta governmet enacted legislation where the Metis got permanent settlements and could manage their own affairs. The legislation included Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act, Metis Settlements Accord Implementation Act, Metis Settlement Act and Metis Settlements Land Protection Act. The Metis also got the right to develop oil and gas resources. -
Metis Hunting Rights
The Supreme Court ruled that the Metis can now hunt and fish as one of Canada's people under the constitution. -
Additional Hunting Rights
The Metis Settlements General Council and the Metis Nation of Alberta strucks agreements with Alberta's government recongnizing Metis hunting and fishing rights. The agreement said that Metis could hunt and fish for food without a licence. In 2007 the Alberta government put rules that restricted these rights with out the Metis consent. -
Promised Land
The Metis had launched a court case seeking the promised land, but not delivered, in the Manitoba Act.
