Main entry:

Sprague, D. N. (Douglas N.), 1944- author.

Title & Author:

Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885 / D.N. Sprague ; with a foreword by Thomas R. Berger.

Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1988.

Description:

xii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.
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.

Summary:

"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.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0889209588
9780889209589
0889209642 (pbk.)
9780889209640 (pbk.)

Subject:

Métis Canada Government relations.
Indians of North America Canada Government relations.
Métis Manitoba History.
Métis Manitoba Government relations.
Métis Manitoba Histoire.
Métis Manitoba Relations avec l'État.
Métis Canada Relations avec l'État.
Premières Nations Relations avec l'État.
Indians of North America Government relations
Métis Government relations
Métis.
Métis Manitoba.
Staat
Iwi taketake.
Red River Settlement History.
Indigenous peoples Canada Government relations
Canada History 19th century.
Red River Settlement.
Colonie de la rivière Rouge.
Canada Histoire 19e siècle.
North America Red River Settlement
Canada
Canada Indigenous peoples.
Canada, Manitoba Indigenous peoples.
Canada, Manitoba History.
Canada, Manitoba Minorities.
Kanada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Berger, Thomas R., writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 27397
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:88-B13322
Status: Available