RED RIVER REBELLION By: Agamjot, Angely, Joshua, Zander and Jarusan

EventsIn the summer of 1869 in the capital of Canada, an uprising against the Canadian government began by the metis. The metis were a mixed of European and a French person in the Red River Valley of what is now Manitoba. The trouble began in 1869 after the Hudson’s bay company sold its territorial rights to Rupert's Land (which included the Red River Valley) to Canada. At that time, there were about 12,000 settlers along the Red River; more than half of them were metis. When Canada began to organize the territory into sections just in case for new colonists who came to land, the métis feared they would lose their land. Since they did not have legal title to the lands they occupied, and would have no voice in any government set up in the territory

EventsLater on William McDougall, who had been appointed territorial lieutenant governor by Canada, was on his way to establish a government. Louis Riel, an métis leader, organized the métis into a military force, in October 1869, to stop the Canadian takeover. The métis stopped McDougall from entering the territory, the metis than and took over Fort Garry (Winnipeg). Riel established a provisional government in November, and later became its president. Louis was hoping for a peaceful solution to the issue. Than the Canadian government than sent someone to determine the Red River settlers' conditions for accepting union with Canada. A Métis representatives then went to Ottawa to present their terms to the Canadian government. Meanwhile, Thomas Scott, who had been convicted of rebelling against Riel's government, was executed (March, 1870). News of Scott's death caused shock and anger in English-speaking Canada. The Ottawa government dispatched a military force to the territory to prevent further violence. Riel fled to the United States

People of the westAboriginal people lived in vast territory of Rupert’s land long before the Hudson’s bay company took over the land and sold the land to Canada in 1869. Most of the aboriginals in the west were nomadic. They moved from place to place-hunting buffalo and trapping fur-bearing animals, The only European settles were a few Hudson bay company employees at lonely, scattered trading posts. Their jobs were to buy fur from aboriginals in exchange for Hudson bays company goods.

Louis RielLouis David Riel also known as the father of Manitoba, was born on 1844 in ST. Boniface across the red river from the main settlement, Louis was the oldest out of his 11 siblings. Louis’s grandma was one of the first European women to settle in the northwest. Louis’s dad Louis riel sir was a metis leader, was really loyal, his father was a Franco Ojibwa Metis descent. In 1858 Louis was studying in a Montreal collage. Riel’s father later on passed away in 1864. Louis looked up to his father with great pride and inherited his strength and pride. But once his father passed away Louis lost interest in priest hood and with drew from collage. Louis was a bright man who leaded the metis. How ever in the month of March 1858 the metis patience was demolished and the provincial government was declared. Louis David Riel passed away in 1885 at the age of 41 in Regina, Northwest Territories, and Canada.

The metisThe metis were people of a mixed heritage, aboriginal and European, Their way were not entirely aboriginal or European. They developed a special way of living. They called themselves the metis nation. The metis was ruled by Louis riel. The metis includes many traditions from both backgrounds a example would be Scottish dancing. Another fact is that they were great buffalo hunters.

William McDougal William McDougall was a lawyer, a politician and the first lieutenant governor of the North-West Territories (Toronto area). In 1869 McDougal was sent by sir John A McDonald to red river with some surveyors to see if the metis were accepting to join government. On the way McDougal and the surveyors were stopped by Louis riel and the metis.

Dear Sir John A Mc Donald,

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