INDG 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Canda, Half-Breed, John A. Macdonald

• School: Trent University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 1000Y
• Professor: Shpuniarsky Heather

Document Summary

Louis riel: father of confederation, traitor, defender of metis rights, founder of the metis nation, born october 22, 1844 in st. boniface, rupert"s land, died november 16th, 1885 in regina, northwest territory. Marguerite monet riel: wife of louis riel, born in 1861 and died in 1886, she had three children, jean-louis and angelique. Saskatchewan, south and central alberta, parts of the northwest territories and nunavut and small sections of the united states. Important economic centre for the fur trade: established in 1812, thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk, population mostly francophone metis and anglophone country born", continual conflict with hbc over trade. Hbc agrees to surrender monopoly and transfer lands to canada: british government, canadian government enter into negotiations, conflict over land, canada wants to re-survey the land and change land mgmt. from french right-lot: long. Ignored local peoples narrow lots fronting on the river to british square lots: metis fear loss of farms and land.