HOW DID CONFEDERATION AFFECT THE METIS IN THE NORTHWEST? - 1

Rupert’s Land included a large portion of

present-day southern Alberta, most of Saskatchewan,  all of

Manitoba,  the northern and the northwest half of these provinces,

and Nunavut.

• Ontario and Manitoba

• Alberta and British Columbia

• Ontario and Quebec

• Yukon and Ontario

Rupert’s Land was controlled by this company.

• Western Union

• Bell

• Hudson’s Bay Company

• Rogers

Established land titles are the legal

Aboriginal right to land or a territory recognized by the

Canadian government. However, the government did not

recognize  this people as having the same land rights as

First Nations.

• the Métis

• the Sioux

• the Cree

• the Oji-Cree

“We point out the situations

where they may squat, we do not

give them titles unless they make

some arrangement for payment.… The

majority have settled where they liked

and we could not prevent them.” was a quote by this man

• John A. MacDonald

• Louis Riel

• George Washington

• George Simpson

But at the same time, being settled, working and living

on the land which they have assisted the Hudson’s Bay Company

[to open up, the people] of Red River, having acquired in the above

manner … the representatives of the Métis population of Red River

loudly proclaim those rights.” is a quote by them.

• the Fenians

• Two unnamed Métis settlers of Red River

• The Aristocrats

• Two unknown ministries

It means a temporary government created to keep law and

order while a permanent government is being

established.

• Democracy

• Provisional

  government

• Monarchy

• Republic

 Before the

sale of Rupert’s Land was scheduled to be finalized in this month and year,

the Canadian government sent surveyors to map out the land into square

lots to be granted as private property to new settlers.

• December 1869

• June 1885

• December 1969

• June 1876

“They have come here to chase us from our homeland.…

They assume that after fifty years of civilization our society has borne

no fruit. Instead of respecting the laws established in the colony. They

have publicly repudiated [rejected] them.”

• Louis Riel

• George Washington

• George Simpson

• King George III

In response to the conflict with the surveyors, the Métis organized the this on October 16, 1869. Settlers elected the members of

the committee; Riel was elected as the secretary.

• the Conservative Party

• the Liberal Party

• Métis National Committee

• the Republican party

“1. The right to elect our Legislature.

2. The Legislature to have power to pass all laws, local to the Territory,

over the veto of the Executive, by a two-third vote.

9. The French and English language to be common in the Legislature

and Council, and all public documents and acts of Legislature to be

published in both languages.

15. That we have a full and fair representation in the

Dominion Parliament.” are laws established here.

• The Magna Carta

• the Métis bill of rights

• the Indian Act

• Treaty 5