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- Hudson Bay Company
- founded in 1670 in London, England, by a group of British merchants eager to exploit the resources of northern Canada.
- Poundmaker
- Plains Cree chief, was a prominent figure in the North-West Rebellion of 1885
- Batoche
- Site of the battle which saw the defeat of the Metis forces during the North-West Rebellion
- Thomas Scott
- Irish labourer executed by Riel and the Metis for treason against the new provisional government
- Metis
- inhabitants of the area around Red River. They were of mixed blood-French and Scottish fur traders and natives
- Louis Riel
- Metis leader of the Manitoba and North-West rebellions
- Gabriel Dumont
- Riel's military leader
- McDougall
- first lieutenant-general of Manitoba
- CPR
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Rupertsland
- land given to Hudson Bay in North-west Canada
- John Schultz
- Leader of the Canadian Party in the Red River colony
- Non-status Indians
- although they have Indian ancestors, have lost their special rights for a variety of reasons.
- Wolseley
- commander of the Canadian Red River force
- provisional
- A government that holds temporary authority pending the creation of a permanent structure of government
- Status Indians
- have full privileges as Canadian citizens as well as special rights as Indians. In turn, they are divided between treaty Indians, and Registered Indians
- Manitoba Act
- Created the new self-governing province of Manitoba in 1871