LAWS 3305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: General Officer Commanding, Mounted Police, Scopes Trial
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1870: following a rebellion in manitoba led by louis riel as a result of which he was exiled for. 1885: louis riel returned and referred to them as cousins, he was lawyer-trained, catholic from montreal. In march of 1885, a metis provisional gov was established in the district of sask led by. Northwest mounted police were convened, soldiers raced out mainly under a general officer commanding: all persons who have been forced into rebelling against our sovereign lady the. Queen or who are held by the rebels agains thteir will, will receive protection on presenting themselves to the officers commanding at carlton or prince albert. They didn"t realize what it meant to become conquered peoples as british subjects. Didn"t understand fully what lands being held in trust for them really meant. Australian politicians made great recourse to canadian judicial announcements on the nature of the crown aboriginal relationship.
