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may 6, 1869 - Rupert's Land sold to Government of Canada

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- Alarmed the Metis living in the region
- purchase of territory without consultation, plans for mass immigration and railway building (fear for land, culture, lifestyle)

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Date:

may 6, 1869
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~ 156 years ago