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Project 57 Week 53: Métis resistances

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Published by Ashley Edwards

During the late 1800s Métis communities twice resisted settlement of what became Manitoba. For generations these events have been erroneously referred to as rebellions, however at the time the land and people were not part of Canada and the Métis and their allies were resisting the colonization of their homes.