James Stanghetta Loius Riel and the Metis Struggle

Canada was built under the ideals of expansion. The territory that came to be known as Canada stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific. What was the cost of this expansion? For most native people in these areas it meant the extermination of a way of life and culture, in the name of Canada. For the metis people of Manitoba this expansion had many implications. Not only was the metis land threatened but also their …

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