Arrival of missionaries made marriage a la facon de la pays unacceptable
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White woman symbolizing the shift from fur trade to settlement
Changes in mid 19th century
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Idea
of Canadian expansion into the west
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White women come to the prairies
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Shift from fur trade to the settlement era
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Invalidation of mixed marriages
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By 1880s, many Indigenous women were left by their husbands
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Women and their children excluded from positions of economic & social prestige
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1886 ruling Jones vs Fraser
Frances Simpson gets married (Youtube Video)
Revision 1850s
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Henry Youle Hind expedition
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Palliser’s Triangle
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The west as arable land
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Civilization over savagery
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The west as the east’s inheritance
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Changing ideas about the agricultural potential of the west: from barren cold wilderness to fertile
garden
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Two scientific expeditions (Henry Youle Hind & John Palliser – Palliser’s Triangle
Confederation
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Canada West (part of present day Ontario), Canada East (part of present day Quebec), Nova Scotia &
New Brunswick – 1867 form
Canada
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With Confederation, Canada negotiates with Britain to takeover Rupert’s Land
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1869
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Three way deal: HBC surrenders control of
the North West to British Government who then
transferred it to Canada
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British government paid £300 000 to the HBC
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No consultation with the local inhabitants
Metis Red River Resistance 1869
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Red River tradition of long narrow river farm lots
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New square survey system
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Oct. 11, survey crew barred when they tried to run a line across the farm of Andre Nault
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William McDougall, first Lieutenant-Governor
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Barred from the territory until Ottawa negotiated guarantees
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Nov. 2 1869 armed men turned McDougall back at the American border & residents, led by Louis Riel,
seized Fort Garry from the HBC, and took control of Red River
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Métis ascendancy challenged by John Schultz, leader of a small group of Canadian expansionists
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Métis call for provisional government chosen by the entire community
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Attempt to impose Canadian authority led to arrests and jailing of Canadians in the cells at Fort Garry
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Riel proclaims a provisional government
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Meanwhile, Métis reps go Ottawa, negotiations begin
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Canadians plan to free prisoners held at Fort Garry
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Meanwhile, the prisoners had been released but the armed men that came to free them were caught &
jailed
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Thomas Scott refused to accept his imprisonment: an opponent of the provisional government, he
assaulted & verbally abused his guards
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Scott was tried for resistance and aim to overthrow the Provisional Government. He was sentenced and
executed
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Scott becomes of symbol – martyr (Orange Order member); Métis resistance at Red River trying to
deny Protestant Ontario its rightful heritage to the west
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Outcome of negotiations
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