History Chapter 4

Question 1

How did the Métis challenge the federal government?

Battle of Duck Lake

Answer 1

Dumont and team raided a store in Saskatchewan

100 North-West Mounted Police sent to track down Dumont and a team of 300

Dumont met police directly, but shots were still fired

Both teams had deaths

North-West Mounted Police retreated

Question 1

How did the Métis challenge the federal government?

Louis Riel & Gabriel Dumont militia

Answer 1

1884 - Gabriel Dumont & others travelled to Rièl

Wanted him to lead a resistance to the federal government

Petitioned the government to settle land claims

Métis frustrated with new committee

Appointed Dumont to lead the militia

First Nations, Plains & Woodland Cree, and Assiniboine

Question 2

How did the Métis challenge the federal government?

Battle at Batoche

Answer 2

Middleton’s troops were headed to Batoche (Rièl’s headquarters)

Dumont’s team ambushed them south of Batoche (Fish Creek)

Troops retreated

800 vs. 300

The battle began on May 9, 1885

Rièl surrendered on May 15

Believed a trial would bring justice Rièl was arrested for treason

Question 3

How did the Métis challenge the federal government?

Riel’s consequences

Answer 3

GUILTY!

But mercy was recommended

Very differing public opinions

Macdonald faced controversy

Trying to keep the support of English but also French Catholic

Eventually decided to hang Rièl

Question 4

How did the First Nations challenge the federal government?

Negotiating treaties (terms and conditions)

Answer 4

Treaty 6 signed 1876

Land and farming equipment

Annual cash payments

Schools for each reserve

Ammunition and supplies for hunting,

fishing, trapping

Additional items from Chief Big Bear

Food rations during famine

Medical care

Still not trusting…..

Question 5

How did the First Nations challenge the federal government?

Chief Big Bear: United reserve (and the barriers), selecting a reserve from the government

Question 6

How did the First Nations challenge the federal government?

Frog Lake massacre

Question 7

How did the First Nations challenge the federal government?

Battle at Cut Knife Hill and peace-seeking

Question 8

How did women challenge the federal government?

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and Toronto Women’s Literary Club

Question 9

How did women challenge the federal government?

Suffrage (the right to vote)