April 14 In 2016 the Supreme Court of Canada, in a long-awaited landmark decision that was 15 years in the making, unanimously ruled that 600,000 Metis and off-reserve Indians across the country are “Indians’’ under the Constitution and are the federal government’s fiduciary responsibility. April 15 In 1672, a royal edict prohibited fur traders from going to Indian villages. It forced natives to take their furs to the settlements. In 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced federal funding of $8.2 billion over 10 years for the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia. April 16 In 1874, Provencher MP Louis Riel was expelled from the Commons as a fugitive. The Metis leader was wanted in Ontario for the 1870 execution of Orangeman Thomas Scott during the “Red River Uprising.” In…
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