Métis Culture
This group of Métis spoke English.
Who are the Country Born Métis?
The name of the territory Canada purchased from Rupert's Land in 1869.
What is Rupert's Land?
These were the things Ontarians wanted from the creation of Manitoba.
What is the freedom to move west and start farms?
This system used to distribute land to the Métis didn't work well.
What is the scrip system?
This province wanted Louis Riel hanged.
What is Ontario?
The Métis often played this role in the fur trade because they knew many languages.
What is interpreters?
Concerns the Métis had about the sale of Rupert's Land.
What is whether they will have a role in government?
What is whether they will lose their way of life and land?
What is whether they will lose their language & religion?
These were the things the Canadiens wanted from the creation of Manitoba.
What is Canada honouring its commitments to be bilingual and bicultural?
The Métis decided to do this when the Canadian government didn't respond to their petitions.
What is take up arms?
What is a defender of the French Catholic way of life in the west?
The Métis way of life was a blend of these cultures.
What are European and First Nations cultures?
These qualities made Louis Riel a good leader for the Métis.
What is knowing French, English, and Cree?
What is being highly educated?
These are the things the First Nations wanted from the creation of Manitoba.
What are recognition of land rights and negotiations with the government?
The Canadian government did this in response to the Métis taking up arms.
The percentage of Francophone Catholics in Manitoba after 1890.
What is ~15%?
This food was made by the Métis from bison.
What is pemmican?
The Canadian government's response to the Red River Resistance.
What is negotiating the Manitoba Act?
These are the things the Canadian government wanted from the creation of Manitoba.
What are building a railway west to BC and acquiring land as easily as possible.
The Canadian government punished the First Nations in this way after the Second Métis Uprising.
What is restrict their travel?
This act changed the number of official languages to 1 in Manitoba.
What is the Manitoba Schools Act?
The unique language spoken by many Métis at Red River that mixed European and First Nations languages.
What is Michif?
These people were sent west by the Canadian government after the creation of Manitoba.
Who are soldiers?
These are the things the Métis wanted from the creation of Manitoba.
What are an elected government, language & religion rights, and land rights?
This was the result of the Canadian government's response to the Second Métis Uprising.
What is being able to acquire land for the railway without resistance and allow farmers to farm more land out west.
The perspective of the Métis on the Red River Resistance (1 concern and 1 request).
Concern: What is not being consulted on the sale of Rupert's land?
Request: What are negotiations for entering Confederation?