HIST 2P02 Lecture : hist2p02jan23.docx
Document Summary
Historians and the north-west rebellion the role of ottawa and the role of riel. Native people and european settlers in n-w territories. The government did not give them the land that they had been promised. Absence of political avenues to express frustration. Not granted amnesty fled to us. Elected to parliament from manitoba 3 times unable to take up seat. Insanity or religious experience: spent time in an insane asylum, convinced that god had chosen him to lead the metis, louis david riel, prophet of the new world. Did riel"s religious ideas enhance his appeal for m tis. Ottawa uses starvation to force native people to settle on reserves of government"s choice. European settlers unhappy that territory not granted provincial status, lacked political voice. Ottawa does not respond to riel"s petition. Establishment of provisional government an act of rebellion. A m tis-indian insurrection: frog lake massacre , battleford siege colonel otter.
