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Metis settle in the Red River Valley
Trade opened up contact between first nations and europeans causing exploration of the vast regions. The Hudsons Bay Company and the North West Company were major players in the fur trade. -
Founding of the Selkirk Settlement
European colonist arrived where the Red River and Assinibonie Rivers meet. Where Winnipeg and Manitobia are today. This event would have extreme consequence for the Hudsons Bay Company, the North West Company and the Metis. -
Pemmican Proclamation
It effectivly banned the sale and exsport of pemmican from the Red River Valley for a year. The ban was ment to protect the colonist from starvation, But it negitivly effected the Metis of the area who made a living from trading pemmican. -
The Battle of the Seven Oaks
The North West Company and Metis fought the Hudosons Bay and colonist for pemmican. Twenty-one colonist and one metis died. -
Hudsons Bay and North West Compay merge
The confict between the hudsons bay and north west company struggle for control pushing both companies to the verge of bankruptcy. The Birtish goverment feared he was losing control of the Northwest if both companies failed, he forced the two companies to agree to a merger. -
The Red River Resistance
Louis Reil and his party of horsemen stopped souryers from trespassing. Then he formed a grouped called the National Metis Comittee to fight for their rights and land. -
Canada Purchased Ruperts Land
Goverment surverys assumed the riverside farms weren't legally owned. The transfer of Rupperts Land was signed joining Ruperts Land and the North-West Territory, to become the North-West Territories. -
The trial and Execution of Thomas Scott
He was found gulity of treason but it was an exceptionally corrupt court case. Factually he wasnt gulity for treason but rather for having an agressive voice against Metis and his anti Metis views. -
Metis List Of Rights Accepted
The Metis list of rights agreed by the convetion of the Red River Settlement. Became the base of the Manitobia Act, reflecting the concerns of the people living in the Red River Valley. -
Manitobia enters Confederation
After long political disputes Manitoba was created.
