Metis timeline-Jeremy r

By AnOrphansStory
  • Period: to

    Metis-led red river resistance

    Resulted to the Manitoba act
  • Period: to

    Canadas government issued scrip to the mètis

    instead of establishing metis lands in manitoba

  • The Northwest Rebellion

    The Northwest Rebellion was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Metis people of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel. Some Cree groups also fought, but for a variety of reasons, some unrelated to the Metis grievances

  • The metis betterment act

    established twelve temporary metis settlements
  • Period: to

    Settlements closed

    Land was deemed unsuitable for farming fishing and hunting so settlements closed and went back to the government

  • indian act changes

    Changes to the Indian Act extend formal Indian status to the Metis, all enfranchised aboriginals living off reserve land and aboriginal women who had previously lost their status by marrying a non-aboriginal man

  • the day i died