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Métis Nationalism

Métis Nationalism. By: Britanni Hofer. Métis National Flag. Battle of Seven Oaks. Occurred during late 1815, and early 1816 . Marked the birth of the Métis Nation.

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Métis Nationalism

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  1. MétisNationalism By: Britanni Hofer. Métis National Flag

  2. Battle of Seven Oaks. • Occurred during late 1815, and early 1816. • Marked the birth of the Métis Nation. • This was a disagreement between Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company between fur-companies in Western Canada (Winnipeg, Manitoba) • The commander for the North West Company was Cuthbert Grant. The commander for Hudson Bay Company was Robert Semple.

  3. Cause… • The two; The Northwest Company and Hudson Bay Company, had been at each other since the establishment of the Red River Colony. • The Red River Colony was a colonization project. It was granted by The Hudson Bay Company. • The Northwest Company believed the settlement was just a way for Hudson Bay’s Company to gain control of the fur trade in the area.

  4. Importance of Battle of Seven Oak…Which led to nationalism. • Cuthbert Grant later became an important figure in the Hudson's Bay Company after its merger with the Northwest Company. • The Battle of seven oaks, made the Métis who they are today. Nationalism is the devotion and loyalty to ones’ own nation. And this is exactly what the Métis did. • They proved to all the devotion and how much dedication they had in protecting their settlement.

  5. All about the Event. • The Métis where worried that the farmers from Hudson Bay Company, would drive away the buffalo, which they needed to survive. The only way they knew how to. • Hudson Bay Company, had captured a Northwest Company fort, and burnt it up. The Métis looked upon this as a war. • Métis shot the first bullet. • The fought under a group of trees known as; Seven Oaks. • In a matter of minutes, all of Robert Semple and his men lay dead. Only one Métis was killed during the battle.

  6. Impact on People and Society • When it first started happening; many of the children and woman where running from place to place, in alarm of what was going on. • Innocent people died, and others where frightened of the fight.

  7. Pictures A part of the Métis.

  8. Bibliography. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Oaks_(1816) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Colony • http://www.metisnation.org/gov_bodies/mnoyc/MOHM/Battle_of_Seven_Oaks.htm • http://www.furtradestories.ca/details.cfm?content_id=166&cat_id=2 • http://www.furtradestories.ca/zoompic.cfm?zoompic=http://www.furtradestories.ca/contentImages/56-1-HBCA-RB-FC-3372-R6-1856-p35.jpg • http://www.furtradestories.ca/zoompic.cfm?zoompic=http://www.furtradestories.ca/contentImages/56-2-HBCA-RB-FC-3372-R6-p36.jpg • http://metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14:the-battle-of-seven-oaks&catid=1:history&Itemid=2 • http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/stories/massacre1_e.html

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