Fort Whoop Up Research Paper

Treaty 6 was signed on August 23,1876 at Fort Carlton and less than a month later on September 9, 1876 in Fort Pitt. Some Chief’s had expressed concern regarding being able to sustain this new way of life. They did not want to potentially lose touch with their way of living and the resources their lands possessed. The First Nations people had requested that the government aide their people with agricultural assistance, as well as help during times of famine, and pestilence. The Canadian Government was also asked if they could assist them with modern medicines.

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance On July 11th 1990, a war had taken place between the Mohawk protesters, the R.C.M.P and the Army. This war proceeded to go on for 78 days. During this time basic human rights were denied to the Mohawks people, food and water had been taken away from them, the Army was controlling the media coverage, people were being unlawfully detained and the Mohawk were given no access to lawyers. Food and water had been denied to the Mohawk people of Oka during this time of protest which is against the charter of rights and freedoms which is in place to keep all Canadian citizens safe.

James Chambers put forward a plan for Stuart and Kekwick to return north with a government-provided armed guard to see them past the difficulties at Attack Creek. The government prevaricated and quibbled about cost, personnel, and ultimate control of the expedition, but eventually agreed to contribute ten armed men and £2,500; and put Stuart in operational command. (In contrast, the Burke and Wills expedition had cost £9,000 to establish. That expedition had already reached the Darling River in northern New South Wales.)

This started the the cycle of power until it was ended in 1756. The Creek Indians faced many enemies as their territory is threatened by American

Because there was a lot of money in the west. Because there were no maps of the west. Because people wanted to see the west.

The English had ended up burning 5 or 6 villages and destroying many cornfields. The mens next mission was to find the murderers of John Stone. Endicott’s and Gardiner’s men sailed out to where the Pequot tribe was. The English ended up running into the Pequot and they attempted to negotiate with them. The negotiating didn’t work out and the English ended up burning the village and killing a Pequot.

McGillivaray was an Creek leader who was easy for Washington to communicate with for McGillivray spoke english. Washington’s idea of the Native Americans was that they needed to be regarded as independent nations, and with that idea, Washington thought of his first solution to the “Native American Problem”. “He envisioned multiple sanctuaries or “homelands” under tribal control and federal protection.” Chief McGillivray disagreed with this proposal which forced Washington to think of a new one. This time Washington came up with a treaty that read “The United States solemnly guarantee to the Creek Nation, all their lands within the limits of the United States to the westward and southward of the boundary described in the proceeding article.”

This government negotiated on an agreement which allowed the territory surrounding the Red River Settlement to be able to enter the province of Manitoba. Even after this the Orangemen tried to overthrow this agreement. His leadership was continuously

History is the telling of specific events which have occurred throughout the beginning of mankind. This can include stories of people building and destroy nations, as well as other great historic events which have affected the way we governed our self-today. One of these many specific events was the rise of one country a country that we now know as Canada, it is a country that has its good and bad moments in its history. One of these moments was in 1885, known as the North-West Rebellion. There have been many different thoughts and ideas that took place at this period in time but there is a source that I found best represents what took place.

The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with a massacre of Union troops attempting to surrender to Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Military follower David J. Eicher said, “Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history.” and the Confederates calling it uncivilized. In response the Confederacy passed a law in May 1863 demanding that black U.S. soldiers captured while fighting against the Confederacy would be tried as slave opposers in civil courts; a capital offense with automatic sentence of death.

McDougall waited until December 1, 1869, when Ruperts land was transferred to the Canadian government. The Canada party wanted English-speakers of the European ancestry to have the authority of red river. That when Riel and his Metis followers surrounded Dr.John Schultz(leader of the Canada party) and claimed a large supply of pork. The Metis put 50 people that were guarding the contents and put them in jail cells. The reason why Riel and the Metis surrounded John Schultz store was because they thought that it’s wasn't fair that they wanted the Europeans to have control when it was them harvesting and taking care of the

There was more to consider in adding a huge swath of land to a country than just the profits. Three things were necessary to address in attempting to open the Northwest territory: Legislation for the new land, Natives Americans living in the land, and how to Americanize the new land. Before anything else, the new territory would need laws to protect and govern the people. The laws for this territory are called the Northwest Ordinance. It secured basic rights for the Americans living in the territory, but it has some clauses that are greatly important.

As the Shawnees were attempting to reunite in the Ohio Valley, they found themselves displaced and had to defend their territory from western expansion. The Shawnees placed all their trust in the British, which didn’t turn out positive for them, for when the British ceded all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains, which endangered the lives of the Natives. “For the

The Waco Siege In 1993, Waco, Texas was the site of a siege held by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the F.B.I. against the Branch Davidian religious group. This group was seen as a cult that posed a danger to society. The group, led by David Koresh, was an apocalyptic based religion (Lacayo and Bonfante). They lived together on a compound in Waco and met their fate on April 19, 1993 when the fifty-one day siege ended with the compound in flames.

In Canada west there was no