Impact over Intent: The Fact that the Manitoba Act of 1870 is an Unfulfilled Treaty is Important!!

Dev G.

This factsheet provides a comprehensive history leading up to the Manitoba Act of 1870. The factsheet argues that returning to the original vision of a treaty Manitoba, as outlined in the 1870 Manitoba act, provides a template for land repatriation and for repairing the relationship between 'Canada' and nations of the Métis peoplehood on the basis of mutual respect and dialogue.

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References

Andersen, C. (2014). “The Métis People”. ’Métis’: Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood. Vancouver: UBC Press: pp. 108-132. http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook?sid=e506381d-616a-4b7a-8b9f-38bda34cb6dc%40sessionmgr4007&ppid=pp_108&vid=0&format=EB
Gaudry, A. (2016). “Are the Métis Treaty People?”[YouTube video]. UWinnipeg Lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU8b5QFB53gSitara
Sitara, G. “Red River.” Week 11, Lecture 10. (Online Class Lecture, University of Victoria). [Brightspace]

Source Authors

Adam Gaudry, Chris Andersen, Georgia Sitara

Events

Red River Resistance,

Keywords

Accountability & Responsibility, Broken Promises, Canada's Colonial History, Colonial Violence, Doctrine of Discovery, Future Possibilities, History of Resistance, Hudson's Bay Company, Identity, Indigenous Resistance, Intention vs Impact, Land Dispossession, Language and Power, Legal History, Métis History, Ongoing Colonialism, Oral History, Royal Proclamation, Settler Colonialism, Settler-Indigenous Relations, State Sanctioned Violence, Treaties, Treaty History

Key Figures

Anishinaabeg (Ojibwa), Assiniboine, Cree, Dakota, Louis Riel, Métis, Sir Garnet Wolseley

Locations

British North America, Canada, Manitoba, Métis Homelands, Red River, Turtle Island

Themes

History