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Buying the land
Largest land sale in history by the Hudson's bay company. Rupert's Land, which the Hudson's Bay Company "owned," which was sold to the Dominion of Canada without consulting any of its Indigenous inhabitants, including the Métis. -
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Manitoba Day Timeline
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Metis National Committee
Red River Metis called for an independent Metis republic known as the Métis National Committee. The Group elected John Bruce as president and Louis Riel as secretary. -
Entry into Canadian Confederation
A provisional government led by Louis Riel consisting of English-speaking and French-speaking Métis was formed. They negotiated Manitoba’s entry into Canadian Confederation. Before the Manitoba act was passed the convention of forty worked to draft the second “list of rights” which formed the Manitoba Act -
Execution
Louis Riel was arrested during the Northwest Resistance and convicted of treason and then executed. -
Manitoba Act came into law
The Manitoba Act came into law and was passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent -
Manitoba Act offcially proclamied
The Manitoba act officially proclaimed and Manitoba joined Canada as the fifth province. Louis Riel or Metis weren't credited as founders of Manitoba and Metis were outnumbered by new immigrants to Manitoba. They were persecuted for their role in both the Red River Resistance and the execution of anti-Métis settler Thomas Scott. A small group of English Protestants felt the Red River Colony should be led by English Protestants and the not the current Provisional Government led by Louis Riel. -
Recognition
It wasn't until 120 years later that Ottawa officially recognized that Louis Riel was the founder of our home, Manitoba.