People had not forgotten Riel's execution of an English Canadian man named Thomas Scott during the Red River uprising. In contrast, French Canada pressed the government to show leniency toward the ...

And tucked in the corner of the vast territory was a small province called Manitoba, with protections for French-speakers, Catholics and the Métis. But the Canadian government would not let it be ...

Michif, a Métis language spoken in parts of Canada and the U.S. that combines elements of Cree, French and other languages ... secretary to Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge, said ...