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The Metis scrip system a story about the dissolution and dispersal of the Western Metis.

The Metis scrip system a story about the dissolution and dispersal of the Western Metis.

VHS

Video from documentary TV program about the Mťis scrip system implemented by the Canadian government from 1870-1921. Ken Schaffer interviews Calvin Racette and Leah Dorion from the Gabriel Dumont Institute to recount how this land allotment system failed to provide the Mťis people with a secure land base in Western Canada. Scrip began for the Mťis at the Red River Settlement after 1870, when each family of 5 received scrip (like a coupon) for...

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Description:
1 videocassette (28:30) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
analog
magnetic
VHS
Notes:
Title from liner
Video label: METCOM "Script"
Includes some archival material from the Gabriel Dumont Institute
Control Number:
760753
Other Authors:
Dorion, Leah, 1970-
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
METCOM PRODUCTIONS
Racette, Calvin, 1952-
Schaffer, Ken
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