First Nations Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Pemmican, Penetanguishene, Core Foundation

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Big political force, developed in 2002, on bc nwt and northern usa. Metis for red river valley and the prairies and metis refers to any community or. Metis flag is an infinity sign (pride), various interpretations of it, can be red or blue, red hudson bay company or blue northwest company. 1600s: fur trade begins leading to the introduction of european settlers into what is now canada. 1670: royal charter by the king of england establishes the hudson"s bay. 1700s: male employees and former employees without contract (freeman) of the fur trade companies begin to establish families with indian women. M tis begin to identify as a separate group. 1812: war primarily fought in the great lakes region sets in place what becomes the canada-united states border. The m tis population forms the core foundation that establishes the site of present day winnipeg.