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Rupert's Land
Was a territory in British North America, having mostly of the Hudson Bay drainage basin formally owned by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 yrs.
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Cuthbert Grant suks
Prominant Metis leader in the early 19th century. he led the Metis at the Battle of Seven Oaks/Frog Plain. -
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John A. Macdonald
The 1st prime minister of Canada and one of the Fathers Confederation.
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William McDougall
William McDougall was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.
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John Christian Schultz
He was a Manitoba polician, a Senator, the 5th Lieutenant Governer of Manitoba, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons,
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Chief Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Pound Maker)
Chief Pitikwahanapiwiyin also known as Pound Maker was a orator, peacemaker and a diplomat. Pound Maker made the govenment add a "famine clause" to treaty 6, when the government failed to deliver food and farming tools, he became active in First Nations political dealings with the government. -Ali uck luk eskabar -
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Thomas Scott (Orangeman)
An Irish-Canadian whose execution by the government of the Red River Settlement led to the Wolseley Expedition to put an end to the Red River Rebellion.
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Louis Riel
Louis Riel was a canadian poliltian, founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canada. -Ali -
Canadian Confederation
It was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed.
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The Wolseley Expedtion
It was a military force authorized by John. A Macdonald to go confront Louis Riel and the Métis during the Red River rebellion. -Tianna -
Manitoba Act
Originally titled 'An Act to amend and continue the Act 32-33 Victoria, chapter 3; and to establish and provide for the Government of the Province of Manitoba'. It is defined by the Constitution Act, and pushed its way through British territories of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory. -Tianna -
Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
The railway was originally constructed between Eastern Canada and British Colombia in 1881 and 1885, but now the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) tracks all over Canada and into the united states. -Tianna -
Battle of Duck Lake
It was a infantry battle outside of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan between North-West Mounted Police and the Metis military of Saskatchewan. It lasted for about 30 minutes, ending after Superintendent Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier called for a general retreat. -Tianna -
Looting of Battleford
At the of March 1885 after Metis victory at the Battle Of Duck Lake Cree bands raided stores and farms of the western part of The District of Saskatchewan.
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Frog Lake Massacre
A part of the Cree uprising in the Northwest Rebellion in Western Canada. It was lead by Wandering Spirit, a group of young Cree warriors attacked the Frog Lake village, killing 9 settlers-
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Battle of Fort Pitt
Part of the Cree uprising coinciding with the Métis revolt that began the North-West Rebellion.
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The Powley Decision
The first major Aboriginal rights case involving Métis peoples. It laid a test of not only to define what might create a Métis right, but also to who is entitled to the rights. In 1993, Steve and Roddy Powley shot a moose when they didn't hold a lisence. They were arrested and charged, they pled not guilty claming that it was their right to hunt for food. So the Powley case was created. -Tianna
