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Royal proimatjon
The royal proclamation of 1763 set out the core elements of the relationship between the first nation and the crown, established the recognition of the first nations rights in canada, and laid the foundation of the treaty making process. -
British north america act
The british north america act formally united the colonies entering confederation and established federalism meaning the distribution of power between the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures. -
red river resistance
during the 1869-1870 time period The metis formed a provisional government and negotiated Manitoba's entry into confederation. The resistance began as a response to the largest land sale in history. -
the Manitoba act
in 1870 The manitoba act was a constitutional statue that created the place we know today as Manitoba. The metis were given what they asked for, well most of it. notaly responsive government, the status of province, bilingual institutions, confederal schools, and guarantee property rights with respect to indian lands. -
manitoba school act
The manitoba Schools act eliminated provincial funding for catholic and protestant denomination schools, establishing instead a system of tax-supported, nonsectarian public schools. this prohibition would ultimately lead to the reduction of of catholic schools, as many Catholic parents were unable to pay for schooling. -
indian act
When the indian act came to power, these powers restricted freedoms and allowed official to determine indigenous rights and benefits based on if you're a good person. the indian act wanted and tried to generalize a vast and varied population of people to assimilate them into non indigenous society. -
treaty 6
Treaty 6 aims to protect treaty rights, support indigenous self-government and assist in the socio-cultural,political, econamic and spiritual advancments to their people. Peoply from treaty 6 have also protected their treaty rights through land claims and lawsuit. -
treaty 7
Treaty 7 lands. The written treaty ceded roughly 130 000km squared of land from the rocky mountains to the west, the cypress hills to the east, the red deer river to the north, and the US border to the south. -
north west resistance
The north west resistance was a very violent insurgency against the canadian government that lasted 5 months, fought mainly by the metis and their first nation allies in what is now known as saskatchewan and alberta. -
treaty 8
Treaty 8 is the act that helped native people get financial support, hunting supplies, and hunting rights and entitlement to land. in a certain region of land. -
the metis betterment act.
the metis betterment act was a act that happened during 1938 for the canadian ablerta legislation that created a commitee of members of the metis and the government to plot out lands for allocation to the metis. -
the charter of rights and freedoms
the charter of rights and freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. -
indigenous suffrage
Indigenous suffrage is the act that let indigenous peoples vote. -
the day of actions.
the day of actions included blockades of many transport systems, especially but not exclusively in eastern ontario, and protests rallies held in Ottawa, toronto, edmonton, vancouver and at the nova scotia border.