Across
- 3. A North West Company employee
- 6. Dried, shredded buffalo meat mixed with fat and berries
- 10. A government law created in 1814 that banned Metis from exporting any meat, fish, or vegetables from the Red River settlement
- 12. A boat used by the Metis to transport furs; it replaced the canoe as the main means of transportation on western rivers and lakes
- 13. A vast territory named after Prince Rupert, the first head of the Hudson’s Bay Company, consisting of most of what is now Western and Northern Canada
Down
- 1. A document created by the Metis Provisional Government and presented to the government of Canada that requested that Metis receive the rights enjoyed by other Canadians
- 2. A parcel of land that the government agreed to set aside for the exclusive use of a First Nation
- 4. The way in which people meet their basic needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter
- 5. A law that was passed in July 1870 in response to the Metis Bill of Rights; it created the province of Manitoba
- 7. A set of characteristics and values that describes the essence of a person or group
- 8. movement of people within a country
- 9. A process by which culture or individual is absorbed into a more dominant culture because of its overwhelming influence
- 11. People of mixed First Nations and European ancestry who identify themselves as Metis people