1814 The Pemmican Proclamation is issued to provide colonists with food for the winter.

. This banned the sale or export from the Red River and caused the Mtis difficulty as they depended on selling pemmican to the NWC for proceeds. The Mtis begin harassing the colonists at the Red River Settlement to show their discontent. They burned buildings, fired rifles at night and trampled crops in hopes to drive the colonists out of that area. 1816 Cuthbert Grant, a young Mtis leader, led a group of Mtis to raid HBC boats on the Assiniboine River, taking away a supply of pemmican to compensate for the Pemmican Proclamation. Cuthbert Grant leads the Mtis to the Red River Colony and easily kills Robert Semple and his men in an event called the Battle of Seven Oaks. The remaining colonists retreated and the colony was destroyed. 1817 Local Ojibwa and Cree nations accept treaty proposed by Lord Selkirk, granting him possession of the Red River Valley along the Red and Assiniboine River. The payment for lease was 100 pounds of tobacco per year. 1820 The bison hunt becomes a seasonal event taking place in early summer and autumn for the Mtis. The bison provided them with hides, and meat and fat to make pemmican which was sold to the NWC. 1821 The NWC and HBC merge into one company and the Mtis begin to sell pemmican to the new HBC. 1849 The Mtis did not have a right to trade fur yet, as a result four Mtis fur traders were charged with illegal trading. The traders were charged guilty for their actions but received no sentence due to mercy.

1851 A group of Mtis hunting for bison were attacked by Sioux warriors. The sixty-four Mtis stood against the 1000-2000 attackers, in the end the Sioux warriors retreated. 1869 Louis Riel leads the Red River Rebellion. Upset by land speculators and the belief that the government was taking away their rightful land, Riel and his supporters form the Mtis National Committee. The goal was to preserve the rights of the Mtis and the other groups in the settlements and turn the Red River Settlement into the province of Manitoba. Their demand for rights was ignored and Riel fled the country. 1870 The Manitoba Act is passed. The Mtis make up the majority of the population in the province. Scrips were given out - pieces of papers almost equivalent to money, which entitled them to 160 acres of land. Not aware of the scrips value, the Mtis sold theirs to speculators at low prices for money. Combined with threats and assaults, many Mtis left Manitoba. 1873 The Laws of St. Laurent were adopted by the Mtis. The laws controlled how life goes in the settlement in the Northwest and the bison hunts. Gabriel Dumont was elected to the presidency of the community of St. Laurent 18741875 The slaughter of bison to make room for settlement and the CPR have completely wiped out the bison from the plains. The Mtis and other aboriginal nations faced a difficult winter as their most important food source was gone. The Mtis also lost a source of income since they could no longer make pemmican to sell. 1876 The Indian Act is introduced. The aboriginal people had no choice but to live on reserves and their children had to enroll in residential schools.

1884 Louis Riel returns, welcomed by the Mtis. He agreed to help them fight for their right once again and the government saw it as an attempt for another rebellion. The governments attempt to control the Mtis leads to war and starts the Northwest Rebellion. Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont both commanded the Mtis in the rebellion, in the end Riel was captured and Dumont spent a decade in exile in the United States. 1885 Louis Riel is put on trial, charged with treason. He denied the reasons his lawyers came up to defend him and was determined to show that his people, the Mtis, were indeed mistreated. Louis Riel was found guilty and was hanged on November 16.