Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885 /

“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 attorney, tax sales—any number of stratagems 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. ”

— from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger

Call Number:

E99 .M47 S66 1988

Title Responsibility:

D.N. Sprague ; with a foreword by Thomas R. Berger.

Author Information:

D.N. Sprague has been teaching history at the University of Manitoba since 1971. In 1978 he began working with the Manitoba Métis Federation to develop the history of the administration of the land promised the Métis by the Government of Canada. His articles on the subject have appeared in Canadian Ethnic Studies, The Journal of Canadian History, and The Manitoba Law Journal. Professor Sprague's other publications are in the fields of general Canadian history and historical methods. He is co-author of The Structure of Canadian History.

Production Place:

Waterloo, Ont. :

Producer:

Wilfrid Laurier University Press,

Production Date:

c1988.

Band Tribe Geography Time:

Métis

Reviews:

Payment, D. (1990). Compte rendu de [SPRAGUE, D. N., with a foreword by Thomas R. Berger, Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885.] Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, 43 (3), 428–430. https://doi.org/10.7202/304827ar

Tough, Frank. American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 77–78. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1185025.

Huel, R. (1989). Sprague, "Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885" (book review). Canadian Ethnic Studies = Etudes Ethniques Au Canada, 21(1), 124. Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-co...

Archer, John H. The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 4, 1989, pp. 480–481. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/969525.

Recommended For:

Research

Catalogue Key:

2409287

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