Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 ReconsideredA re-examination of the evidence surrounding the North-West Rebellion. Author claims to disprove the now conventional views that the Rebellion was provoked by government ineptitude or malice and that Riel was unjustly punished for treason. Concludes that the Metis grievances were partly of their own making. |
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aboriginal rights aboriginal title acres Archives Batoche Bill of Rights cabinet Canada Canadian government Charles Nolin criminal December demand Department document Dominion Lands Edgar Dewdney English half-breeds entry extinguished Father André Flanagan French Gabriel Dumont George Duck Grandin grievances half-breed land grant half-breeds heads of families homestead Hudson's Bay Company Ibid Indians insanity Interior January July jury justice land claims Laurent Lavell legal subdivision legislation letter Louis Riel Macdowall Manitoba Act Manitoba Land Manitoba Métis Manitoba Métis Federation McNaghten Rules Metis North-West Rebellion North-West Territories Act November Ottawa Parliament patent petition political preemption prime minister Prince Albert province Q v LR question reasons received Red River Regina residence resurvey Riel's Riel's trial river lots Rupert's Land scrip September 1884 settled Sir John statute survey surveyor telegram Toronto townships treason-felony treaty Valade Vict W. H. Jackson William Pearce Winnipeg wrote
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Native People, Native Lands: Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis Bruce Alden Cox No preview available - 1988 |