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Manitoba Act
The Metis-led River Resistance resulted in the Manitoba Act. The act established Manitoba as bilingual province with education rights for Catholics and Protestants. The act specified the Metis would receive more than 500 000 hectares of land. -
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Governments Scrip
Canada's government issued scrip to the Metis, instead of establishing Metis lands in Manitoba. In some cases, it offered the Metis choice to accept scrip or become "treaty Indians" under a Numbered treaty. In the view of Canada's government Metis did not have the same rights to lands as First Nations. -
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North West Resistance
North west resistance sought to protect Metis lands in what today Saskatchewan, as the railway and settlers moved into western Canada. Canadians had and have different interpretations of this event in Canadian history. It was a way to assert their rights for Metis, Like the red river resistance. -
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settlers at St. Paul
Métis settlers established farms at St. Paul des Métis near what is
today St. Paul, Alberta. On the land provided by the Catholic Church.
The Métis did not have title to this land and had to leave
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The Metis Association of Alberta and the Northwest Territories
The Metis Association of Alberta and the Northwest Territories lobbied Alberta's government to set aside land for the Metis. Alberta's government. Alberta's government passed the Metis population Bettermnet Act in 1938. This established 12 temporary Metis settlements. -
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Alberta takes back the settlements
The temporary settlements did not give the Metis control of the land. When four settlements proved unsuitable for farming, hunting or fishing, the settlements were closed and the land went back to the government of Alberta. -
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Lobbied For Recognition
The Métis lobbied for recognition of Métis rights in Canada’s
constitution. When the constitution was patriated, it included section 35, which recognizes the Métis as one of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples
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Alberta's government enacted legislation.
Alberta's government enacted legislation under which Metis received the Metis settlements as a permanent land base with the right to manage their own affairs. The legislation included: -
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Supreme
The Supreme Court ruled that the Métis have the right to hunt and fish, as one of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples under the constitution. These rights are to metis invlolving the land of the Métis, based in history and their inherent rights as an Aboriginal people. -
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Metis agreements taken away
Metis Nation of Alberta struck agreements with Alberta's government recognizing Metis hunting and fishing rights. It made it so Metis don't need a license to hunt or fish. Alberta government put rules that restricted these rights without agreement for the Metis.