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History review
Title: History review
Category: History
Details: Words: 2956 | Pages: 12.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
History review
Rupert’s Land: land owned by Hudson’s Bay Company and stretching over what is the NWT, western Canada and northern Ontario and Quebec. (By purchasing this land Canada now had vast territories to fill up with settlers.)
Red River Settlement: settlement established in 1811 by Lord Selkirk around the present city of Winnipeg. (The settlement presented the way they were ruled by Hudson’s Bay Company and preferred to be part of Canada.
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What was the Indian Act of 1876?
The Act set out the rules that controlled Native communities. Native peoples were already the most regulated people in Canada. Now the Indian act introduced more regulations. Traditional ceremonies, such as the potlatch, were banned. It was decided that Native children must go to residential schools. The government was acting like a parent managing the affairs of children. The government said the Native peoples should move onto reserves.
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