A Metis senator particularizes the...

A Metis senator particularizes the scam by which white colonists and the Government of Canada are said to have tricked his folks out of a promised 14 million acres of land in the R River area of Manitoba. When Rupert Land was transferred to Canada, the Metis were promised title to the 14 million acres as compensation for the land they had occupied. The titles were not ever directly issued to them. Instead, they received script, which could be either rescueed for 160 acres of land for family, or sold for cash. Almost all the script was sold for as little