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Rupert's land was the Hudsons Bay company who was owned by them and was sold to the Dominion of Canada without consulting any of its Indigenous inhabitants, including the Métis.
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A group of people elected John Bruce as president and Louis Riel as secretary. A group of 120 men were stopped in Upper Fort Garry in November and on Dec. 8, 1869, a provisional government consisting of both English-speaking and French-speaking Métis was formed.It was this provisional government, led by Louis Riel, that negotiated Manitoba's entry into the Canadian Confederation.
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The Manitoba Act came into law and was passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent on May 12, 1870, with the act officially proclaimed on July 15, 1870, when Manitoba joined the Confederation of Canada as the fifth province.
Neither Louis Riel or the Métis were initially credited as the founders of Manitoba and, quickly after Manitoba's entry into Canada, the Métis were outnumbered by new immigrants to the area. -
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.Louis Riel was arrested during the Northwest Resistance and convicted of treason and eventually executed, although an unwritten element to Riel's death was in retaliation for Thomas Scott's earlier execution.
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It was not until more than 120 years later, on March 10, 1992, 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.