Anonymous ID: ca79d6 Feb. 20, 2022, 9:13 a.m. No.15674630   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4662

>>15674596

The Métis flag was first used by Métis resistance fighters in Rupert's Land before the 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks. According to only one contemporary account, the flag was "said to be" a gift from the North West Company in 1815,[1][2][3] but no other surviving accounts confirm this. Both the red and blue versions of the flag have been used to represent the political and military force of the Métis since that time.[4] The Métis flag predates the Flag of Canada by at least 150 years, and is the oldest patriotic flag that is indigenous to Canada.

 

The blue background flag has been accepted by the Métis National Council as the official flag of the Métis Nation. In 2013, the Métis National Council secured an official mark for the flag to protect it as a symbol of the Métis Nation, and ensure its collective ownership by citizens of the Métis Nation.[4]

Anonymous ID: ca79d6 Feb. 20, 2022, 9:23 a.m. No.15674704   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>15674662

Assiniboia was founded by both Native Americans (both those from the North, as well as those American tribes "encouraged" north by the US) and the Metis, who are a mixed European and Native American heritage, so native ties were very strong in the beginning of the Republic. However, after the 1880s, European immigrants quickly grew to be the dominate force within the nation, composing mostly English, Scottish, German, Ukrainian, French and Russian. The traditional native ideal of "co-operative" land holding prevailed in the East, and was reinforced by the first European immigrants, namely the Mennonites and Hutterites. After the start of the 20th century, the government and economy was mostly dominated by those of European descendants, and the western part of the nation became more white. It wasn't until the 1960s that the native influence once again became important, and now both Native and European ideals are virtually equal.