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the manitoba act established manitoba as bilingual with educational rights for both catholics and protestants, and 500000 hectares of land for the metis
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scrip is a documents that can be exchanged for land it was made about the same time the numbered treaties were being signed. the government did not think the metis deseved land claims like the aboriginal people did the metis did and still do think they deserve land claims
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this interprited differently by different people the metis saw it as a way to assert their rights but for many other Canadians this was an attempt to evrthrow the government
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the Metis did not own this land however and had to leave when the settlement was closed.
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this gave the metis 12 temporary settlements this is also the first time a governments set aside land for the metis
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after which tthey all were returned to the government.
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section 35 now recognizes Metis as aboriginal peoples with rights
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the legislation included: • Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act.
• Métis Settlements Accord Implementation Act.
• Métis Settlements Act.
• Métis Settlements Land Protection Act. -
the government finally recognized the metis unique connection with the land
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some people agree that metis should be recognized as aboriginals and that it is part of there heritage but others believe that everyone in alberta should have the same rights