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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act ... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, tax sales -- any number of stratgems could be used, and were--to see that the land intended for the Métis and their families went to others. All branches of the government participated. It is a shameful tale, but one that must be told."--Pub. website.".
- catalog contributor b1964413.
- catalog coverage "Canada History 19th century.".
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act ... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, tax sales -- any number of stratgems could be used, and were--to see that the land intended for the Métis and their families went to others. All branches of the government participated. It is a shameful tale, but one that must be told."--Pub. website.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 189-195.".
- catalog description "Historiographical introduction -- Acquiring Canada's First Colony -- Asserting Canadian authority over Assiniboia -- Negotiating with delegates from the North West -- Eliminating the [Louis] Riel factor from Manitoba politics -- "Unlocking" the Territory for "Actual settlers" -- Amending the Manitoba Act -- Completing the dispersal of the Manitoba Metis -- Reaching for the commercial value of the Northwest -- Confronting Riel and completing the CPR.".
- catalog extent "xii, 204 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885.".
- catalog identifier "0889209588".
- catalog identifier "0889209642 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885.".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press,".
- catalog relation "Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885.".
- catalog spatial "Canada History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog subject "971.27/02 19".
- catalog subject "E99.M47 S66 1988".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Canada Government relations.".
- catalog subject "Métis Government relations.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Historiographical introduction -- Acquiring Canada's First Colony -- Asserting Canadian authority over Assiniboia -- Negotiating with delegates from the North West -- Eliminating the [Louis] Riel factor from Manitoba politics -- "Unlocking" the Territory for "Actual settlers" -- Amending the Manitoba Act -- Completing the dispersal of the Manitoba Metis -- Reaching for the commercial value of the Northwest -- Confronting Riel and completing the CPR.".
- catalog title "Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885 / D.N. Sprague ; with a foreword by Thomas R. Berger.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".