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Aboriginal Peoples, Metis, Red River Settlement, and the HBC/NWC Merger

Aboriginal Peoples, Metis, Red River Settlement, and the HBC/NWC Merger. Overview. Aboriginal-European relations during fur trade Origins of the Metis Red River Colony – beginnings and problems Merger of HBC/NWC. Aboriginal Peoples of the Northwest. Aboriginal-European Relations.

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Aboriginal Peoples, Metis, Red River Settlement, and the HBC/NWC Merger

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  1. Aboriginal Peoples,Metis, Red River Settlement,and the HBC/NWC Merger

  2. Overview • Aboriginal-European relations during fur trade • Origins of the Metis • Red River Colony – beginnings and problems • Merger of HBC/NWC

  3. Aboriginal Peoples of the Northwest

  4. Aboriginal-European Relations • Demand for furs • Abandoned traditional way of life • Culture clash • Diseases (smallpox, measles)

  5. Métis • French – “mixed blood” • English – “country-born” • Red River Valley • Bison Hunt • Pemmican Taken from: http://johninocencio.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/41_bison-hunting.jpg

  6. Red River Settlement • Lord Selkirk – Selkirk Grant • Pemmican Proclamation • Battle of Seven Oaks Lord Selkirk Taken from Wikipedia

  7. Questions?

  8. Merger of HBC/NWC • Tone • Purpose • Audience • Author What are the similarities and/or differences in how the textbook talks about the Merger, in comparison to the HBC Heritage handout?

  9. Changes to the Red River Settlement

  10. Overview • Changes to the Red River Settlement • Increasing Tensions • Canada purchases Rupert’s Land

  11. Red River Settlement • Small community • Economy centered on HBC • Self-reliant • Isolated

  12. Changes • More Canadians settling in the Valley • Orange Order

  13. Tensions • “[The Metis should] either be driven from the country, or kept as cart drivers.” • “[The Metis] the indolent and the careless, like the native tribes of the country, will fall back before the march of superior intelligence.” Dr. John C. Schultz Taken from Memorable Manitobans

  14. Questions?

  15. Activity Questions • Compare and contrast how the textbook and comic portray the people in your chart paper. • Why are these portrayals similar or different? • Think about biases, author, and audience

  16. Red River Rebellion

  17. Overview Beginnings of the Rebellion TV Project

  18. Names • Red River Rebellion • Red River Resistance • Red River Uprising • First Riel Rebellion

  19. The Beginning • Surveyors vs. Settlers • Surveyors – plotting land in squares and not respecting traditional strips (seigneurial pattern)

  20. Louis Riel Louis Riel Taken from Wikipedia Born 1844 – Metis Established Metis National Committee Provisional Government to join Confederation

  21. Questions?

  22. TV Project

  23. Groups

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