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The Red River Resistance
Louis Riel
The Manitoba Act or Manitoba School Act?
The Second Metis Uprising
If You Think You've Got What it Takes...for poopoo heas
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What initiated the Red River Resistance?
The Hudson's Bay Company's planed to transfer Rupert's Land to Britain without consulting the Metis people of the Red River.
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Where was Louis Riel born and what languages could he speak?
- St. Boniface at the Red River - English, French and Cree
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Who acknowledged First Nations people's rights to land and what was the problem with this?
- The Manitoba Act - The problem was Canada's government did not specify any particular tracts of land for the Métis or First Nations peoples.
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Why did the Metis people in the Red River travel further west?
- The decline of buffalo - Ontario settlers moving on their land for farming - Surveyors and Speculators
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Who is the Lieutenant-Governor from Canada's government who tried to enter Rupert's Land?
William McDougall
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Name all 6 groups of colonists who resided at Red River.
- Francophone Metis - Anglophone Metis - Canadiens - Retired British HBC employees - Scottish - Irish
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How did the people at Red River elect Louis Riel as President?
- The Francophone and Anglophone communities in Red River each elected 20 representatives to the Provisional government. - The representatives then elected Louis Riel.
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What did the Manitoba School Act abolish?
Separate schools
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What is a land speculator?
A person who buys up land with the intention of selling it to make a profit.
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The defeat of the Metis at Batoche in 1885 triggered a new migration to what is called ____________ today.
Alberta
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What (not only initiated but) triggered the Red River Resistance?
- Stress of crop failure - Decline of buffalo - Plans of selling Rupert's land without consulting the Metis - Land surveyors - British settlers from Ontario moving west
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What two people met Louis Riel and had two different opinions and facts about him?
Nathaniel Langford and Robert Cunningham
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Which Act committed funding for both Protestant and Catholic schools?
The Manitoba Act
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What leader from the South Branch community went to seek the help of Louis Riel?
Gabriel Dumont
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Alberta is the only province today that has what for the Metis people?
Designated land
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Who is the official from Canada's government that tried to enter Rupert's Land?
William McDougall
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Who sought help from Louis Riel in 1884?
- Gabriel Dumont - The South Branch community needed a leader to help them with the problems occuring with Canada's government, mainly being the surveyors, land speculators and British settlers.
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What did the Manitoba School Act revoke?
- Revoked the clauses of the Manitoba School Act that made Manitoba officially bilingual - English became the only official language of the government
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Which of the following is not part of the battle of Batoche: a) The battle lasted three days b) One hundred Metis fighters and Canadian soldiers died c) Only Riel gave himself over to the Canadian troops d) Riel was sentenced to prison for life
C and D - Riel, Pitikwahanapiwiyin and Mistakwahimaskwa gave themselves over to the Canadian troops. - Riel was convicted for treason and was hanged.
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Who was Thomas Scott and what happened to him?
- A settler from Ontario - Was convicted and shot for conspiring against the Red River Provisional government.
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Who said the following quote: "We continue and shall continue to oppose with all our strength the establishing of Canadian authority in our country."
The people of Rupert's land (Red River Settlers) and the North-West Territories.
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What ended up happening to Louis Riel?
He was executed for treason and for the death of Thomas Scott.
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What pressures resulted in the changes from the Manitoba School Act?
A demographic change
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How did Canada's government suppress and control First Nations and the Metis people after the second Metis uprising?
By restricting the movement of First Nations people by requiring them to obtain a pass before they could leave their reserves.
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What does the Metis flag looks like? Choose one member from your group to draw it on the board.
An infinity symbol which represents the joining of First Nations and European culture in a new society that will last forever.