Timeline
When was Rooster Town first settled?
What is the late 1890's?
What group of people mainly lived in Rooster Town?
What are Métis families?
Who forced Rooster Town residents to leave?
What is the City of Winnipeg?
When did Rooster Town reach around 250 people?
What is the 1940's?
How many people lived there at its peak?
What is over 250 people?
Why did the city want Rooster Town removed?
What is urban expansion (urban sprawl)?
In what decade did the city start expanding into Rooster Town?
What is the 1950's?
What did families do over generations in Rooster Town?
What is they worked, raised families, and improved their lives?
How did newspapers describe the people of Rooster Town?
What is dirty, lazy, dangerous, and diseased?
What year were residents officially forced to leave Rooster Town?
What is 1959?
What kind of land did Rooster Town residents live on?
What is unserviced land?
What false claim was made about how homes were built?
What is that homes were built from dismantled boxcars or stolen wood?
What year did the Sais family realize their land had been taken?
What is 1960?
What important community connections did residents lose after leaving?
What are kinship, culture, and community support networks?
How did media help justify the removal of Rooster Town?
What is spreading false and negative stories to justify removing the community?