Louis Riel, Wahkohtowin, and the First Act of Resistance at Red River.

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  • Author(s): Nault, Derrick
  • Source:
    Prairie History. Summer2022, Issue 8, p5-16. 12p.
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    • Abstract:
      The article reports that on October 11, 1869 Louis Riel and several Métis supporters commenced the Red River Resistance by forcing a team of Canadian surveyors to cease running lines across farmers' river lots in St. Vital Parish. Topics include considered as for what had prompted the confrontation, the settlement mostly Métis inhabitants were upset at the government of Canada for not consulting them about its purchase of the Hudson's Bay Company territory on which they lived.