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Louis riel and the red river rebellion

Louis riel and the red river rebellion. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870 Not a smooth entry – fighting between the Metis and the Canadian Surveyors and Soldiers. Who were the Metis?.

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Louis riel and the red river rebellion

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  1. Louis riel and the red river rebellion

  2. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870 • Not a smooth entry – fighting between the Metis and the Canadian Surveyors and Soldiers

  3. Who were the Metis? • Metis were the Native people of Manitoba who were descendants of the French fur traders and the Native people of the colony

  4. What was the Metis way of life? • They mainly lived by hunting buffalo and farming • Traded furs and pemmican for manufactured goods

  5. This area was owned by the Hudson Bay company and was known as Rupert’s Land

  6. Hudson’s Bay Company sold Rupert’s Land to the Canadian Government • Transfer of ownership to take place 1869

  7. METIS RESISTANCE • Metis were concerned about losing valuable land to settlers and lose their way of life • Resistance to expansion to the West

  8. RESISTANCE • Led by Louis Riel, the Metis in Manitoba prevented William MacDougall from entering the Red River Colony

  9. Seized Upper Fort Garry • Proclaimed a Provisional Government • Metis Bill of Rights

  10. Resistance continued • Thomas Scott – part of a group that refused to support the Riel provisional government and made plans to overthrow it

  11. 1870 – members of this group were arrested for trying to take over Fort Garry • One of these men was Thomas Scott

  12. Scott made his anti-French, anti-Catholic views insultingly clear to his captors • Provisional government tried Scott and found him guilty of treason

  13. Thomas Scott shot by a firing squad • Turning point in Riel’s role as leader – divided opinion that has lasted until this day – hero/traitor divide

  14. At the same time, John A. MacDonald sent troops to the area to ensure the land transfer • Riel fled and Metis Rebellion collapsed

  15. The northwest resistance • Riel lived in Montana, for many years, but returned to Manitoba in 1884 to help resist the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway

  16. Riel surrendered to government troops on May 15, 1885, he was found guilty of high treason, and he was hanged – created division between French and English in Canada

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