Red River Resistance, Part 1

Taking a detour from our Clearing The Plains read through to look more closely at key events taking place during the period of Chapter 6: 1869-1876.

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//Resistance or Rebellion?//HBC vs Canada: Feudalism or Capitalism. Why Not Both?//Revenge For Seven Oaks//Oppression As Corporate Policy//Cross Racial Solidarity//Metis Rally For Guillaume Sayer//Monopoly Breaks//Scramble For The Northwest//Red River People Left Out//Metis Concerns & River Lots//A Plague Of Wasps//The Original Orange Men//The Fenians//William McDougall & Manitoulin Island//Military Surveyors Trespass//Riel Stares Down Canada//Lepine Turns Back McDougall//Napkin Tacked To A Fencepost//J.S. Dennis: Head Dispossessor//How Canada Steals Your Land//J. C. Schultz: Fake Doctor//Canada First//Thomas Scott: Erratic Thug//HBC: Just Minding The Store//William MacTavish: Loyalty To Family Or Employer?//Metis Invited To Fort Garry//Declaration Of The People Of Rupert's Land//Provisional Government Established//

Map: Rough Diagram, Based on Hinds Map intended to illustrate Report on Townships Surveys--Red River Territory, Ottawa, February 12th, 1870, J. Stoughton Dennis, P.L.S. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles.

Source: PAC, National Map Collection, H12/740/Red River