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• An agreement with the Alberta government gave the Metis the right to participate in the development of oil and gas on settlement lands
• Section 35 of the Constitution recognizes the First Nations, Metis and Inuit people as Aboriginal peoples, and recognizes their existing Treaty and Aboriginal rights
• Louis Riel led the North West resistance, which ended in a military conflict between the Metis and Canada's government
• The First Nations have historic treaties with Canada's Government due to the Proclamation of 1763
• Louis Riel, a controversial person, tried to preserve Metis rights and culture
• In 1990, the Alberta government passed legislation under which the Metis received the Metis settlements as a permanent land base with the right to manage their own affairs
• Groups with collective rights in Canada

  • Indigenous people (First Nations, Metis, Inuit)
• Provinces not included in the Numbered Treaties

  • Quebec, Maritimes
• Metis

  Aboriginal peoples
• The Indian Act was established in 1867 and originally aimed to assimilate the First Nations, but has since been amended several times
• Indigenous people view the Treaties as sacred, nation-to-nation agreements that can't be changed without their agreement
• Provinces included in the Numbered Treaties

  • Territories, AB, BC, SK, MB, ON
• The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement was established in 1993 and established Inuit title to more than 350 000 km² in Nunavut