Metis
Important Dates
Louis Riel
Events at Red River
This and That
100
This food is made by pounding dried meat and mixing it with fats and berries.
What is pemmican?
100
The Metis form a provisional government.
When is december, 1869?
100
William MacKenzie offered Riel this in exchange for leaving Canada for five years.
What is amnesty?
100
They arrived and started marking off the land into squares for the settlers.
Who are the surveyors?
100
This government takes over until a final government is in place.
What is a provisional government?
200
No hunting on Sunday.
What is one of the rules of the Buffalo Hunt?
200
The province of Manitoba is created.
When is July 15, 1870?
200
In 1874 Riel was elected to this, but was unable to take his seat.
What is the Canadian House of Commons?
200
In October, 1869, this man, the Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories arrived in the Red River Area?
Who is William McDougall?
200
This man was prime minister of Canada during the events at Red River.
Who is John A. Macdonald?
300
They were arranged along the river bank so that every farmer had a long narrow piece of land that included some riverfront.
What are strip farms?
300
Surveyors arrive and clash with the Metis.
When is summer of 1869?
300
Riel helped in having this province become part of Canada.
What is Manitoba?
300
This man was convicted and executed on March 4th, 1870 for threatening to kill Louis Riel.
Who is Thomas Scott?
300
This was a key fort and town in Red River.
What is Fort Garry?
400
This was an important part of Metis life as it provided their main source of food.
What is the Buffalo Hunt?
400
The Metis send their bill of rights to Ottawa.
When is February, 1870?
400
Riel was educated in this city.
What is Montreal?
400
This was formed in October, 1869 to help decide how to protect the Metis land.
What is the National Committee of the Metis?
400
This stated that Manitoba could send four members to the House of Commons in Ottawa and two members to the Canadian Senate.
What is the Manitoba Act?
500
This language was a combination of French and Nehinawe (Cree) created by the Metis.
What is Michif?
500
The Government of Canada buys Rupert's Land.
When is January, 1869?
500
These people thought he had committed no crime.
Who are the French Canadians and the Metis?
500
In 1869, Canada bought Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson’s Bay Company for this reason.
What is to change the name to the North-West Territories and bring the area under the control of the federal government?
500
This stated that the Métis would keep the right to their land.
What is The Metis Bill of Rights?
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