Canada: A People's History - 0 views
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Carol Hawkes on 28 Mar 12from the CBC production Canada a People's History
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Carol Hawkes on 25 Apr 12Growing frustration By the early 1880s, prairie residents including white settlers, Métis, and Plains Indians were convinced of the neglect of a distant and imperial Ottawa. The Métis (mixed blood offspring of fur traders and natives) of the Saskatchewan Valley had petitioned Ottawa for years for legal claim to their land.