Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0889209642
ISBN 13
9780889209640
LCCN
FC3372.9.M4
DDC
971.27
Category
Indigenous Law
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Pages
204
Abstract
"In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act ... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorney, tax sales -- any number of stratagems could be used, and were--to see that the land intended for the Métis and their families went to others. All branches of the government participated. It is a shameful tale, but one that must be told."--Pub. website.
Description
Contents:
Historiographical introduction -- Acquiring Canada's First Colony -- Asserting Canadian authority over Assiniboia -- Negotiating with delegates from the North West -- Eliminating the [Louis] Riel factor from Manitoba politics -- "Unlocking" the Territory for "Actual settlers" -- Amending the Manitoba Act -- Completing the dispersal of the Manitoba Métis -- Reaching for the commercial value of the Northwest -- Confronting Riel and completing the CPR.
Historiographical introduction -- Acquiring Canada's First Colony -- Asserting Canadian authority over Assiniboia -- Negotiating with delegates from the North West -- Eliminating the [Louis] Riel factor from Manitoba politics -- "Unlocking" the Territory for "Actual settlers" -- Amending the Manitoba Act -- Completing the dispersal of the Manitoba Métis -- Reaching for the commercial value of the Northwest -- Confronting Riel and completing the CPR.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.
Number of Copies
1
