Chapter 13 Study Questions

  1. What did the Métis petition Lieutenant-Governor Archibald for in 1872, and what was the outcome?
  2. What was the St. Laurent Council and why was it established?
  3. What was the outcome of the ‘free hunters’ being fined and having their equipment ticketed by the St. Laurent Council?
  4. What was the primary goal of the Métis at St. Laurent?
  5. Who was Mistahimaskwa (“Big Bear”) and what was his position on newcomers and the offer of treaties?
  6. Why were First Nations frustrated with the government in the immediate years following the signing of Treaty Six?
  7. Why were First Nations leaders, such as Mistahimaskwa, denied their choice of reserves?
  8. What circumstances led to Indigenous Peoples of the prairies killing the cattle that were supposed to get them started with an agricultural economy?
  9. What was the purpose of Mistahimaskwa’s calling of a thirst dance in 1884?
  10. What actions did the government take to avoid future gatherings—such as thirst dances—by First Nations?
  11. What were the major differences in law enforcement between the 1869–70 resistance and the 1885 resistance?
  12. What were Riel’s intentions as well as his immediate actions upon returning to the North-West in 1884?
  13. Who was Frederick Middleton and what was his role in the 1885 Northwest Resistance?
  14. What were the immediate and long-term consequences of the 1885 Northwest Resistance for the Métis?
  15. What were the immediate and long-term consequences of the 1885 Northwest Resistance for First Nations?
  16. Who was Edward Ahenakew? What were his contributions to the Nehiyaw peoples in Saskatchewan?
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