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3. The name is most frequently associated with French speaking Metis of the Red River Colony
6. The long-lot pattern of the seigneuries of New France
7. to branch out
9. A country that rules itself
10. The Anglo-Metis people, Orcadian, Scottish, or English fathers and aboriginal mothers
11. An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and blister
13. A two wheeled cart used on the prairie
15. A person descended from Europeans and First nation people
16. A flat cake, made up of barley flour
17. to describe Métis who spent the winter months hunting and trapping on the Canadian prairies where they built small temporary villages

1. In the nineteenth century, someone who fought for the rights of the underprivileged
2. A temporary government
4. A trader or merchant
5. Mixture of fat and protein used as a nutritious food
8. Dictatorial, bossy
12. The policy of Hudson's Bay Company
14. Upper Canada, after the Act of Union in 1841