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Title:Canada & the Metis, 1869-1885
Author:D N Sprague; Foreword by Thomas R Berger
ISBN:0889209642 : 9780889209640
Illustrations:b/w illus
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:204
Weight: .352 Kg.
Published:Wilfrid Laurier University Press - June 1988
List Price: 25.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Social & cultural history: Canada


CONTENTS: Historiographical Introduction; Acquiring Canada's First Colony; Asserting Canadian Authority Over Assiniboia; Negotiating with Delegates from the North West; Eliminating the Riel Factor from Manitoba Politics; "Unlocking" the Territory for "Actual Settlers"; Amending the Manitoba Act; Completing the Dispersal of the Manitoba Métis; Reaching for the Commercial Value of the North West; Confronting Riel and Completing the CPR; Conclusion; Index.