Read textbook, pp. 144-146 and p. 160. Answer the four questions on loose-leaf:
1. Who were the Metis? How did they react to the threat to their territory?
2. How did the government respond to the Metis rebellions?
3. What happened to Riel as a result of the second rebellion?
4. Prove that Aboriginal groups today exercise more power than they did at the end of the 19th century. Use evidence.
5. Make a timeline along your loose-leaf, 1867-2012. Place the following in chronological order:
-Signing of the James Bay-Northern Quebec Agreement
-Saskatchewan and Alberta are established as new provinces
-Adoption of the Indian Act
-Metis’ publish demands in their Bill of Rights
-Aboriginals gain the right to vote
-Canadian courts upheld Aboriginal peoples ancestral rights stemming from treaties signed
-Hanging of Louis Riel
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