History 2201E Lecture Notes - Treaty 1, Indian Act, Blackfoot Confederacy
30 Apr 2013
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If the metis are considered as indians, they are able to get any benefits from the federal government that will recruit to indians. Metis are not covered under the indian act of 1876 and do not have status. Metis were not considered as indians in 1867. The difference we see by the land covered by the 7 numbered treaties, 1871-1921 covers a massive piece of territory to gain access to the west and open up settlement (settlement cannot happen until this takes place) They signed treaties as the government needs the land (first 7 encompass that agricultural area of the prairie west) they get signed quickly, much like the expansion occurred too quickly. These treaties are signed in the 1870s (1871-1878) one nice thing is that they match the year (treaty 1 1871, etc. ) The process of contact doesn"t end with the huron, iroquois, etc. in central.
