Because the Canadians were being very unfair to them, taking their land, starting racial prejudice, throwing them into poverty, killing their families, and killing their leaders (thanks to John A. MacDonald, a Canadian "hero").
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The Metis had a very distinct culture that they felt was being threatened by all of the settlers arriving by Rail. The Metis felt that they could possibly lose their way of life (religion, language) if they allowed the settlers to push them out.
The only reason the metis were unhappy is because there list of rights weren't met.
Because of the religion diferenceand the creation of the new government milions of people had to move out of their homes they lived in for generations
being taxed on things like tea (the tea act) and printed things (the stamp act).
Approximately 700,000 people in Canada have their race status of Aboriginal registered with the Canadian government. Only those with such a registration, or treaty number, have proven their racial purity to government standards. That means that there are 700,000/35,000,000 = 0.02 x 100 = 2%, approximately 2% of Canadians are registered First Nations. But for various reasons many more than that claim aboriginal ancestry, at least another 700,000, so the number could be as high as 4% maybe even 5%.
Europe was in shambles and there weren't any jobs, that in turn made the people unhappy, chacha!
Dene Suline people lived in the Canadian Shield. They ate caribou and all sorts of animals. They like to travel in big groups and help each other.