Table of Contents

• Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885 by D.N. Sprague with foreword by Thomas R. Berger
• List of Illustrations
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Historiographical Introduction
• 2. Acquiring Canada's First Colony
• 3. Asserting Canadian Authority Over Assiniboia
• 4. Negotiating with Delegates from the North West
• 5. Eliminating the Riel Factor from Manitoba Politics
• 6. ""Unlocking"" the Territory for ""Actual Settlers""
• 7. Amending the Manitoba Act
• 8. Completing the Dispersal of the Manitoba Métis
• 9. Reaching for the Commercial Value of the North West
• 10. Confronting Riel and Completing the CPR
• Conclusion
• Note on Sources and Method
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

D.N. Sprague has been teaching history at the University of Manitoba since 1971. In 1978 he began working with the Manitoba Métis Federation to develop the history of the administration of the land promised the Métis by the Government of Canada. His articles on the subject have appeared in Canadian Ethnic Studies, The Journal of Canadian History, and The Manitoba Law Journal. Professor Sprague's other publications are in the fields of general Canadian history and historical methods. He is co-author of The Structure of Canadian History.

Thomas R. Berger was formerly a judge on the Supreme Court of British Columbia, 1971-83. He has also served as Commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, 1974-77, and the Inquiry of Indian and Inuit Health Consultation, 1979-80.

Reviews

"... sufficiently important to establish Canada and the Métis as the new interpretive standard." -- Canadian Book Review Annual

"If Canada and the Métis causes serious scholarly re-examination of other accepted assumptions about the Métis, then the history of Canada stands to benefit." -- Native Studies Review, 5