PPT-The Legacy of Louis Riel

Traitor or Hero Riel was maligned as a traitor for more than one hundred years Today he is considered by many people to be a folk hero Whether seen as a Father of Confederation. NON - EQUITY CONTRIBUTION FUND” The Louis Riel Capital Corporation (LRCC) Business Equity Contribution Fund is aimed at entrepreneurs that need financial assistance to mobilize their busine A part of Canada’s not so peaceful past. Red river rebellion. Conflict in Manitoba. Reasons. Canadian government purchased Rupert’s Land (what is now the western provinces and territories) from the Hudson Bay Company (HBC). The purchase would take effect 1870.. Governments Agenda. Government . wants to sell land in . North-West Territories . for profit. Some . land already occupied by Métis and settlers. Government . needs money for building of the . railway. Issues, resistance, rebellion. Let’s fall back a couple of years before confederation: revisiting the metis. Remember that the Metis settlement in Manitoba lived rather peacefully (the last time we talked about it). There were a few British people who moved in and tried to cause some racial ruckus, but it didn’t work, and most of them then left the . The Provisional Government of Riel. After capturing Fort Garry, the Metis created a . provisional government. Riel intended it to only hold power until . Rupert’s Land . officially transferred to . Part 1: Causes. The Metis Petitions. In the petitions the Métis . expressed their concerns and asked for help. to be successful farmers. The Métis wanted . legal title . to the land they lived on; they wanted the lands to be . Largest real estate deal in history. Canadian government paid £300,000 (. 1.5 million. ) to shareholders and granted thousands of hectares of land around trading posts..  . Gave one twentieth of all land in the territory to the HBC. The beginning….. More and more Aboriginal and . Metis. were being pushed off of their land by English/Ontario settlers further West in Canada. . The Metis called on Riel (who had fled to the . States. . Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, AL on May 13, 1914. He was born Joseph Louis Barrow. He was the son of an Alabama sharecropper. He grew up poor. He even had to share a bed with two siblings. His father died when Joe was very young. His mother remarried, and they moved to Detroit in 1924. . 1869 - 1885. To Join or Not to Join. After the initial push for confederation many members of the newly formed nation realized that they had far to go to convince the remaining territories to join but also they had to convince the newly joined to stay and not repeal its decision.. Second Metis Uprising. In the summer of 1869 surveyors arrived and started marking land into squares for settlers.. The problem was, the land that was being surveyed was already claimed by Métis families.. Cardinal Richelieu & Mazarin. Controlled foreign affairs & army. Domestic administration. Economic regulations. A Man for all Seasons. Regional judicial bodies that conferred with Louis prior to making rulings.. Rebellion. ss10. Native Resistance Continues. Although the . Metis . had already been defeated at . Batoche . on May 12, 1885, some Natives continued to resist. Poundmaker. . and his . Cree . held off the . Taking a look at Métis people in Canada. Aboriginal. Métis symbols. Métis people are a blend of First Nations and European descent.. Métis Sash. Flower bead work. Métis beading. River Lots along the Red River .