1869 CE–1870 CE
Louis Riel and the Métis form a provisional government
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · Indigenous peoples & dispossession · Law & imperial government · Self-government & Commonwealth
The transfer of Rupert’s Land to Canada, negotiated without its inhabitants, prompted Métis resistance at Red River. A provisional government led by Louis Riel negotiated the Manitoba Act, which promised land and language rights; defective implementation drove dispersal and renewed dispossession
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