Red River Resistance
1869–1870 · Event
Louis Riel's Métis provisional government blocks Canada's annexation of the North-West until Manitoba enters Confederation on negotiated terms — with Riel in exile for executing Thomas Scott.
On these timelines: Canada, Master, Pre-Columbian Americas
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