HIS263Y1 Lecture : Dec 2
Document Summary
Indian act, 1876: status indians, potlatch, residential schools, john a mcdonald wanted to ensure other violence like red river would not occur www. notesolution. com, objective population of the red river, majority the metis people that follow. Riel bring them into favorable conditions: creates the province of manitoba period as the north west territories, favorable terms and conditions new province, evident in 3 areas, in d. Religion most are roman catholic separate schools allows roman catholic children: 3. Manitoba act sets aside land occupied for metis people: government assert authority legally and morally in western canada, manitoba act 1871-1877 series of treaties known as numbered treaties, legal control expansive territory, north western ontario, manitoba. If given status prove 3 things will not be natives but be canadians: demonstrate proficiency of english or french, status indians in reserve lands gain normal, free of debt, moral character. Indian agent would decide: potlunch, communal feast b.
