26 mar 1885 ano - Northwest resistance

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- The first nations were facing disaster. The great Bison herds were disappearing and they were close to starvation. Much of their land were taken away because of the treaties.

- The metis old life as a fur trader and carriers for the Hudson bay Company Wasiang, also the bison they were dependent on.. They were also waiting, without much help from the distant federal government, for reassurance that title to their river-lot homesteads and farms would be guaranteed.