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Ushering Manitoba into Confederation started with the largest land sale in history by the Hudson's Bay Company. Rupert's Land, which the Hudson's Bay Company "owned," was sold to the Dominion of Canada without consulting any of its Indigenous inhabitants, including the Métis.
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Red River Métis called for an independent Métis republic, known as the Métis National Committee [3], to be formed. The committee elected John Bruce as president and Louis Riel as secretary.
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A provisional government consisting of both English-speaking and French-speaking Métis was formed.
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Thomas Scott was an Irish immigrant who was a member of the Canadian Party, led by John Christian Shultz, which was a small group of English Protestants that felt the Red River Colony should be led by English Protestants and the not the current Provisional Government led by Louis Riel. After an interrupted coup planning gathering, a group was arrested.
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Thomas Scott was not among this arrested, but his actions led to his eventual arrest. Scott escaped prison, only to be arrested again; he was tried and convicted of treason by a six-man council. He was executed by firing squad on March 4, 1870. Louis Riel was arrested during the Northwest Resistance and convicted of treason and eventually executed, though an unwritten element to Riel's death was that it was in retaliation for Thomas Scott's earlier execution.
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The Manitoba Act came into law and was passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent
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The act was officially proclaimed, when Manitoba joined the Confederation of Canada as the fifth province.
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It was not until more than 120 years later that Ottawa officially recognized Louis Riel as the founder of Manitoba. It was Louis Riel's vision, dedication and ultimate sacrifice that laid the groundwork for minority rights and cultural cooperation in Manitoba, making it the province we know today.