Unit 3

After Confederation

Skill Builders Targets

Lesson 1

An Emerging Identity in the West 

  • demographics
  • economy
  • Métis
  • Michif
  • pemmican
  • York boat

The Métis and life in the Red River

The Métis had a distinct identity of their own.


Métis lived all over North America, but the Red River colony in Manitoba developed a unique Francophone culture and identity, and they considered themselves a nation.