Metis Governance
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Métis System of Governance
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• The beginnings of Canada are intertwined with the birth of the Métis nation.
• As descendants of the First Nations peoples, the Métis have Aboriginal rights.
• However, the struggle for recognition of these rights has been on-going throughout the history of Canada, continuing to contemporary times.
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Métis Camp Government
• A council of men would select 10 men to be captains
• These ten captains = Inner Council• Inner council would chose a captain to be in
charge of camp = La Chef (the Chief)• Ten guides would be appointed to guide the
movement of the camp• There would be a camp crier who made
announcements.
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• The Inner Council would make rules that would be observed during the hunting expeditions.
• These rules became known as the Laws of Hunt
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Louis Riel
• In 1869, a provisional government was established by the Métis people of the North West under the leadership of Louis Riel
• In the spring 1870, Louis Riel and his provisional government wrote the “List of Rights” for the basis of negotiating the entrance of Manitoba into the Constitution
• In late 1870, the Canadian Gov’t passed the Manitoba Act. A substantial portion of the list of rights were accepted and legislated.
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Louis Riel and his “Provisional” Government
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Gabriel Dumont
• In 1872, a public assembly was held to identify a system to keep order
• In 1873, Gabriel Dumont was elected President and a council of eight were chose to assist him, forming on of the first Métis governments in Canada.
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