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metis led red river resisitance resulted in manitiba act.
the manitoba act established manitoba as bilingual with educational rights for both catholics and protestants, and 500000 hectares of land for the metis -
government began issuing scrip to metis but not land claims like aboriginal people.
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 -
The northwest sought to protect metis land in what is now saskatchewan.
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 -
Metis settled at st paul des metis what is now st. paul alberta
the Metis did not own this land however and had to leave when the settlement was closed. -
government passed metis population betterment act.
this gave the metis 12 temporary settlements this is also the first time a governments set aside land for the metis -
4 out of 12 of the settlements were deemed unsuitable for fishing hunting or farming
after which tthey all were returned to the government. -
The Metis lobbied for recognition and the constitution was changed
section 35 now recognizes Metis as aboriginal peoples with rights -
metis are given permanent land by legislation
the legislation included: • Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act.
• Métis Settlements Accord Implementation Act.
• Métis Settlements Act.
• Métis Settlements Land Protection Act. -
government has allowed the metis to hunt and fish like aboriginal people
the government finally recognized the metis unique connection with the land -
after giving hunting and fishing rights the government put restrictions on these rights without talking it out with the metis
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
