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Champlain supports the Algonquin
Link - Champlain formed an alliance with the Huron and the Algonquin. The Iroquois were their enemy. Champlain setout with the Algonquin people to explore the Iroquois lands to the South, and ended up at lake Champlain. -
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Europeans introduce disease to Native peoples
Diseases are brought to the Americas by Europeans. Native people have no resistance and many die. -
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Link - The Royal Proclamation was issued after Britain attained the French territory in North America. The Proclamation was to organize Britain's North American structure. And also to make the land purchases and trading more fair to First Nations. -
Red River settlers establish themselves in Canada's Northwest
Link - Settlers establish their place in Rupert's Land given to them by the Hudsons Bay Company. Known as the Red River Colony. -
Confederation
Link - Confederation is the process in which Canada became a country. It happened on July 1st 1867. Three British colonies were made into four provinces of Canada, being Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswik and Nova Scotia. -
Red River Rebellion
LinkTheRed River Rebellion/Resistance was the response to the establishment of a provisional government in 1869. Made by the Métis leader Louis Riel. This rebellion was one of the first crisises the newgovernment faced. Canada bought Ruperts land from the Hudsons Bay Company and sent William Mcdougall, the English speaking governor who was apposed by French-speaking people (especially the Métis) to survey the land. Louis Riel refused to allow Mcdougall to enter their territory. -
Bison herds are diminishing
Bison herds on the prairies are being depleted by the Europeans. First Nations no longer have the natural materials from them. Natives are running depsperate so they turn to Europeans to buy mass-produced items from them. Metis migrate out of Manitoba to the Northwest. -
Treaty #6 - Cetral Alberta and Saskatchewan
Link - The Canadian Monarchy and several First Nations tribes around the areas of Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt and Battle River came to an agreement which they call treaty 6. The agreement is that the Plain and Wood Cree tribes would represent the central aresas of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Ammendments were made to it in 1898. -
Residential shools established
Link - The schools were meant to assimilate Aboriginal children into European-Canadian society. -
Treaty #8 - Northern Alberta
Link - An agreement between Queen Victoria and the First Nations of Lesser Slave Lake. The land included is part of Northern Alberta, Northeastern BC, Northwest Saskatchewan and most of the Southern part of the North West Territories. Many ammendments were made that year and in 1900, the year after. -
The Indian Act is revised
Link - Several ammendments were made to the Indian Act in this year. These were mostly to combat racism against the whites and the natives. -
The Canada Act
Link - The Canada Act was made so the British Parliment could not make changes to the Canadian Constitution. It also set out to see that the British Parliment could not make laws for Canada at it's own will. -
Indian Act ammendments for First Nation Womens
Link - Changes were made to the Indian Act also known as bill C-31 to see that men and women would be treated as equals. Children were also to be treated equally wherever they were born or if they were adopted. No one could gain or lose status from marriage anymore and Indians who lost status from racial discrimination could gain it back. -
Last Residential School closes
In 1996 the last residential school run by the government was closed -
Nunavut is formed
In 1999 the province of Nunavut is fromed from the Eastern part of the Northwest Territories. Iqualuit is placed as it's capitol.
