Dominion Lands Act
How many acres of land does the Dominion Lands Act give to individual participants?
160
Who were the Metis?
European and Indigenous.
What part of Canada was sold to the Canadian Government?
Ruperts Land.
Was the Indian Act a fair legislation?
No!
The number of treaties in the "numbered treaties."
11
How many waves were the numbered treaties signed in?
2
Who was executed by Louis Riel?
Thomas Scott
What were the waves of treaties focused on?
One was focused on developing the Pacific Railway while the other was focused on resource collection.
Over what area did the treaties take place?
Ruperts Lands and Western Canada.
Roughly how many people signed up for the Dominion Lands Act? (Whoever is the closest gets the points.)
625,000
Who were the main 3 types of Europeans to be parents of metis children?
French, Scottish, and Irish
When or by whom was the first treaty signed?
(When) August 3, 1871
(By whom) Between the Anishinaabe and Muskegon Cree peoples and the Crown.