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J. Wayne Rowe, Mayor of Gibsons, BC. 474 S. Fletcher Rd., Gibsons, BC, VON WO UNITED CANADIAN Aftris NATION [Formerly Vancouver ere) UNITED CANADIAN Aftris NATION [Formerly Vancouver Metis Citizens Society] 5619 Curtis Place, Sechelt, BC, VON 3A7, Phone: (604) 741-3813 Email: metisron(aigmail.com October 24, 2017 J. Wayne Rowe, Mayor of Gibsons, BC. 474 S. Fletcher Rd., Gibsons, BC, VON WO Dear Mayor Rowe: Re: Metis Recognition on November 16' "Louis Riel Day" On behalf of the United Canadian Metis Nation (UCMN) [formerly Vancouver Mans Citizens Society] and its many members living on the Sunshine Coast, we wish to request that the Town of Gibsons again recognize the Metis and their contributions to the early development of British Columbia and Canada. The President and several of its directors are residents of the Sunshine Coast. Our purpose is twofold: 1. To again bring to your attention a landmark day in Metis history — November 16th — a commemorative day that is celebrated by Metis people in British Columbia and across Canada. This occasion was formally recognized by Gibsons in 2014, 2015, and 2016 by the issuance of a Metis Cultural Awareness Week Proclamation, and by the flying of the Metis Infinity Flag in 2016. 2. To request that you again this year formally recognize the significance of November 16, 2017 to the Metis of your community by: (a) The issuance of a Proclamation declaring Louis Riel Day or Metis Cultural Awareness Week. The Proclamation would be similar to those issued in the past by Gibsons, the Province of British Columbia and cities such as Victoria, Surrey, Nanaimo, Penticton, and many others. (b) Publicly flying the Metis Infinity Flag as was done in 2015 and 2016 on the grounds of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. In conjunction therewith UCMN will invite local Metis people in your community to participate in the raising of the Metis Flag and any associated cultural events on Louis Riel Day. To provide information with respect to this Request we enclose copies of the following: (i) A Proclamation previously issued by the BC Provincial Government on November 16, 2016. (ii) Two informative articles on "Louis Riel — a Metis Hero and Icon" and on "Raising the Metis Flag on Louis Riel Day" by noted BC Metis Historians George and Terry Goulet of Gibsons, BC. The Metis have a rich and fabulous history in British Columbia dating back over 200 years. There are some 70,000 self-identifying Metis in the Province. The Metis are officially recognized in section 35 of the Constitution Act of Canada, 1982 and in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act of Canada, 1867 as one of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. The UCMN website is http://www.vmcs.ca and it contains articles on Metis history, heritage, culture, and events and activities carried on by the Vancouver Metis Citizens Society. If LouJ1re any qu or comments, please contact the undersigned. Ron Paradis, President UNITED CANADIAN mtris NAT/ON Canaba Probinrc of jt3ritis1j Cotumbia a Proclamation ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realno, and Territories. Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith o all to Whom that prtatnts aball cow — Orecting Whereon. the Meth people ani then dmeenisota hare aignifinotty ces*'ibutol to the credential, venal, and development elf-nude. and Rixtras the Meth peer* on recoinieed under section 35 of the Co...wooing der. /EV la one of Canada's ditrangthat peoples, and Whereas I cans Rad was a hams-oar-an and an ntoxate for the Mena people, mut one of the Maas people's foremost lanche leaden who Anne Lo juuke and the eights of the MtliS people as Minuted pined Confederation. ..3 'hlicents hos ember Inch la an impoetaecand sin...Silk aterr wogs-iced by 135ttis people act°. 1.3C each )tat on commerneration of the death of leans Rid con that dini in 955, and When. the Erosive of British Cedetthia honnan Mine, hewn" and culture, leant Erel's place in Canadian tinttory and the Prierince's salon, relatiorod4 %jib the Meth MOOe of the PrOl'z-tie of Fkitish NOW KNOW YE THAT. We do by thew musts proclaim and Sedate that Noscrobee len NI& shall be Enemy as "Lash Mel Day" LIt the Priosoce of Briton Columbia N TESTIMONY WI IERFOI. We hart canted these Out tench to be monk Patent and the Groat Sent of Oar PrEl.elDe of notate Columaia in be herosetto Wined 'WITNESS. The Ileonurabk Judith Guichon. Lieutenant flosettur of One Prn,istC of Minh% Columbia. in Oar City of Victoria. aothao PhYgiOft. di.. ninth day of November. taro thousand sixteen and on the aitty-Efth year of Ow Reign. BY COMMANI1 amexar, eveirut Jab /Matta sl etternar imsete 11t01110e tar LWOnal /1441 LOUIS RIEL A Metis Hero and Icon By George and Terry Goulet The historical Metis were the descendants of the union of European men and First Nations women. They developed their own unique shared customs, culture, history, and heritage. They were known as the children of the fur trade. The great hero and icon of the Metis is Louis Riel who was born in the Red River Settlement of Rupert's Land in 1844. In 1870, when he was only 25 years old, the charismatic Riel was elected by the Metis and white settlers as President of the Provisional Government of Red River that was responsible for bringing the Province of Manitoba into the Canadian Federation. Subsequently in 1884 the settlers of the Canadian colony of what is now Saskatchewan sent a delegation of Metis and white settlers to Montana to plead with Riel to return with them to the North West Territories. They wanted him to help them obtain their rights and to seek remedies for their grievances against Canada. It is not possible in a short article to give a comprehensive account of the events surrounding this important part of Canadian history. Accordingly we are providing a number of rhetorical questions to highlight some of significant matters relating to Louis Riel and the Metis people. .Did you know that among those things they were attempting to achieve were responsible government, parliamentary representation, land grants and title, income for hospitals and schools, better provisions for First Nations, and Provincial status? • Did you know that that at the time of the Red River Resistance of 1869-70 Canada consisted of only four Provinces - Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia? • Did you know that at that time Red River, as part of Rupert's Land, was not part of Canada, that Canada had no jurisdiction over it, and as a result the Red River Resistance was not a "rebellion" against Canada? • Did you know that at the time of the 1885 Northwest Uprising, the North West Territories (now Saskatchewan and Alberta) was a colony of Canada and the residents were being treated as second-class citizens? •Did you know that the armed conflict and first bloodshed of the Northwest Uprising was initiated not by the Metis but by "Gentleman Joe" McKay? On the instructions of his Superior North West Mounted Police Major Lief Crozier, McKay shot at point blank range and killed both the Metis Isadore Dumont and a First Nation representative Assywin, who had come in order to parley with Crozier and McKay. • Did you know that there were serious judicial, political, and legal improprieties related to Riel's 1885 trial for High Treason including secret correspondence between the Minister of Justice and the Chief Justice of Manitoba? • Did you know that during the Northwest Uprising Riel never fired a shot or killed anyone? • Did you know that Riel's lawyers disobeyed his specific instructions for a trial on the merit of his actions, and without his authorization attempted to prove him insane on the instruction of some mysterious "others"? • Did you know that Charles Fitzpatrick, the lead lawyer for Riel, had a serious conflict of interest in acting for him, since Fitzpatrick was a law partner and brother-in-law of Adolphe Caron, the Minister of Militia who sent the Canadian Troops to crush Riel, the Metis and the Northwest Uprising? • Did you know that there were 72 people charged with Treason as a result of the Northwest Uprising? • Did you know that of these 72 people, 71 were charged with Treason-Felony under a Canadian Statute and only one, Louis Riel, was charged under an archaic 1351 Statute of Treasons of England? 1 • Did you know that under the Canadian Statute the maximum penalty for those charged was imprisonment, but under the 534 year old English Statute under which Riel was charged, he could be executed on conviction? 'Did you know that with respect to levying war, the 1351 Statute of Treasons applied only in the King's "Realm" that consisted only of England, Wales and the four narrow seas abutting them? .Did you know that the Northwest Uprising took place in what is now Saskatchewan, and NOT in the King's Realm, and consequently Riel was improperly charged, convicted and executed under that Statute? The following is a brief account of Louis Riel, the most remarkable person in Metis history. As their iconic leader, he represents all those valiant Metis who fought for basic human rights not only for the Metis but for other Canadians. The dynamic Riel was a natural-born leader whose life profoundly influenced Canadian society and politics, the founding of Manitoba, and the rights of Western Canadians. His impact continues to this day and will continue into the future. Highly intelligent, well-educated and a compelling orator, he was elected to the Parliament of Canada on three separate occasions while he was still in his twenties although due to politics he was never able to take his seat.
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