$37m settlement was to compensate 14 First Nations that lost income, political and human rights as the result of an arbitrary decision. skpoli
Our people were not aware of this, but the Canadian government most certainly should have been aware. The world was gripped in a year without a summer, and crops failed in Europe and North America. Despite this obvious hardship, the government clamped down on providing rations and the people were starving.
Also, the leaders and warriors who were alleged to have taken part in the resistance were tried in a kangaroo court and sentenced without interpreters or legal representation. Eight of the warriors were executed at Battleford in the largest public hanging in Canadian history. For that, he was charged with assault and larceny and received six years at Stony Mountain penitentiary. In total, 47 treaty Indians were sent to prison and eight received the death penalty. The Métis also suffered significantly.
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