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![[Canada - Metis]](../images/c/ca-mets1.gif)
by Jan Oscar Engene, 13 December 1996
![[Canada - Metis]](../images/c/ca-mets2.gif)
by Jan Oscar Engene, 13 December 1996
![[Canada - Metis]](../images/c/ca-metis.gif)
by Kjell Roll Elgsaas 10 December 1997
Louis Riel flag
![[Canada - Metis]](../images/c/ca_riel.gif)
by Jared Wehrle
The Metis (people of mixed native Indian and European ancestry) staged two armed uprisings in the Canadian West (1869 and 1885), under the leadership of Louis Riel, in attempts to protect their historic rights against the encroachments of eastern Canadian settlers.
The flag of the Republic of Manitoba, the "Metis Republic", flown over Fort G