Dorge, Lionel. Métis and Canadien Councillors of Assiniboia (Part 2)
Document Type: Journal Articles (2)
Date of Document(s): 1974
Date Range Start : 1730s
Date Range End: 1930s
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Date Range Start : 1730s
Date Range End: 1930s
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Dorge, Lionel
Title: The Métis and Canadien Councillors of Assiniboia (Part 2)
Journal Title: From The Beaver
Place of Publication: Winnipeg, Canada
Publisher Name: Hudson's Bay Company
Date of Publication: 1974
Date of Copyright: 1974
Volume ID: Autumn
Location in Work: 39 - 45
Series Editor: Burgess, Helen
Series Title: The Métis and Canadien Councillors of Assiniboia
ISBN/ISSN: 0005-7517
Notes: paper and electronic copy
Abstract: The Council of Assiniboia was the governing body in the Red River Settlement from 1835 until the government of Canada assumed jurisdiction over Rupert's Land in 1870. In PART I, Summer 1974, Mr Dorge wrote of the hesitant naming of the first Métis and Canadien councillors by the Hudson's Bay Company. Events had indicated that the presence of spokesmen from the French-speaking people (who constituted a major part of the population) would be likely to contribute to the maintenance of peace and order. In the first 20 years, the clergy in the persons of Bishop Norbert Provencher and Abbé Louis-François Laflèche dominated French-speaking representation on the Council.
Title: The Métis and Canadien Councillors of Assiniboia (Part 2)
Journal Title: From The Beaver
Place of Publication: Winnipeg, Canada
Publisher Name: Hudson's Bay Company
Date of Publication: 1974
Date of Copyright: 1974
Volume ID: Autumn
Location in Work: 39 - 45
Series Editor: Burgess, Helen
Series Title: The Métis and Canadien Councillors of Assiniboia
ISBN/ISSN: 0005-7517
Notes: paper and electronic copy
Abstract: The Council of Assiniboia was the governing body in the Red River Settlement from 1835 until the government of Canada assumed jurisdiction over Rupert's Land in 1870. In PART I, Summer 1974, Mr Dorge wrote of the hesitant naming of the first Métis and Canadien councillors by the Hudson's Bay Company. Events had indicated that the presence of spokesmen from the French-speaking people (who constituted a major part of the population) would be likely to contribute to the maintenance of peace and order. In the first 20 years, the clergy in the persons of Bishop Norbert Provencher and Abbé Louis-François Laflèche dominated French-speaking representation on the Council.