HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Insanity Defense, Protestantism, North-West Rebellion
14 Sep 2016
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M tis - predominantly french-speaking but some speak english too (although. French m tis saw themselves more as a distinct people group) Came into being as natives mingle with european settlers (mostly fur traders) A lot settled around what later became manitoba (red river) M tis became understandably concerned at what surveyors being sent to their land meant and what ramifications it would have for their already established lives (land surveyors imply a coming development/increased settlement) The land surveys were paying no attention the pre-existing claims to land by the m tis already established there. Lots of hostility between newly arriving settlers and the pre-established. John snow, regarded to openly racist and speculating land in the region, was given a road-building contract. An unarmed m tis group stopped one of the roadbuilding parties one day leading towards the subsequent establishment of a provisional government, with louis riel as their leader.
