Metis Resistances Definitons

Question 1

Metis Nation

Answer 1

People with mixed blood between european and aboriginal

Question 2

Treaty of Urecht, 1713

Answer 2

A series of individual peace treaties, ended the war of Spanish succession, put Ruperts land under the control of the Hudsons Bay Company

Question 3

Cuthbert Grant

Answer 3

A prominent Métis leader of the early 19th century, killed Semple and 20 of his men during the seven oaks incident

Question 4

Red River Colony

Answer 4

The colony which Selkirk purchased between now lower Manitoba and upper Minnesota from the Hudsons Bay Company, region called Assiniboia Metis

Question 5

Thomas Scott

Answer 5

A troublemaker, executed by Metis provisional government and generated much attention from federal government

Question 6

Batoche

Answer 6

Battle of Batoche was from May 9th to May 12th, 1889

Town was captured, the defeat of the Metis led to surrender of Louis Riel

Question 7

Gabriel Dumont

Answer 7

Leader of Métis people in what is now western Canada, was elected to presidency of St. Laurent

Question 8

William Otter

Answer 8

In the battle of Cut Knife, Major General Middleton detached a column under the leadership of Otter to relieve battleford, for the Canadian government

Question 9

Assiniboia

Answer 9

English settlement in Assiniboia, Thomas Selkirk created a treaty for this land, once he died this gets turned to the Hudsons Bay Company, this angers Metis cause through the treaty the land was theirs

Question 10

Jay Treaty (1794)

Answer 10

British control of Indian territory of the Great Lakes was removed, fixed the boundary of British North America and US

Question 11

Seven Oaks Incident

Answer 11

A massacre that was the result of an intense rivalry between the British owned Hudsons Bay Company and French North West Company

Question 12

William McDougall

Answer 12

Canadian Lawyer, politician, one of the fathers of confederation

Question 13

John Schultz

Answer 13

Manitoba politician and business man, outspoken leader of the “Canadian party” who wanted ruperts land to belong to Canada, his supporters were called “portage gang”
Escaped from fort garry

Question 14

Chief Poundmaker

Answer 14

Plains cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people, revolted with Big Bear in the Frog Lake massacre

Question 15

Wandering Spirit

Answer 15

Cree war chief of a band of plains cree, also began a campaign to gather arms, ammunition, and food supplies
Took hostage of Thomas Quinn and shit him in the head

Question 16

Hugh Richardson

Answer 16

Judge, lieutenant Colonel who chose the six person jury of English speaking Protestants and to be held in Regina, given the death penalty

Question 17

Pemmican Proclamation

Answer 17

1814 decree that forbade the export of pemmican and other provisions from Red River Colony in the district of Assiniboia

Question 18

Louis Riel

Answer 18

Canadian politician, leader of the northwest and red river rebellions, founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Metis people of Canadian prairies

Question 19

Fort Garry

Answer 19

Thomas Scott, Charles Mair, and John Schultz escaped from this fort, Metis and Cree taken as prisoners here/ people of red river rebellion

Question 20

Fort Carleton

Answer 20

A Hudson Bay company fur trading post from 1795-1885

battle of duck lake was there

Question 21

Chief Big Bear

Answer 21

A powerful and popular Cree chief who played many pivotal roles in Canadian history, signed treaty 6 in 1882
Angered by unfair treaty and by dwindling buffalo population
Organized cree for resistance

Question 22

Fredrick Middleton

Answer 22

Was a British general noted for his service through the empire and in the northwest rebellion

Question 23

Road Allowance People

Answer 23

Lived on public land with no choice including road allowances owned by the federal government because the Métis did not receive their scrip
We’re offered half of what their scrip was worth