Nov 2 In 1796, Six Nations natives authorized Chief Brant to sell or lease some of their land to provide a steady income for the people.who were struggling to survive in their new settlements after the Revolutionary War. The goal of investing the money to generate a permanent annuity. In 1869, Louis Riel seized Fort Garry in Winnipeg during the Red River Rebellion. Nov 3 In 1995, Queen Elizabeth II signed a formal apology and compensation deal for indigenous Maori people dispossessed by British colonization of New Zealand. In 2021, Indigenous writers Katherena Vermette and Tomson Highway took home the top prizes at the Writers’ Trust Awards. Vermette, a Red River Métis author and poet in Winnipeg, won the $60,000 fiction award for “The Strangers.” Highway, based in Gatineau, Que.,…
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