ArticlesShelisa Klassen
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Non-FictionHistorian finds newspapers in 1870s Manitoba blatantly promoted settler colonial goals
Newspapers publish stories reflecting a place and time, and this was certainly the case in 1870s Manitoba. The province was still an Indigenous space at the beginning of that decade, despite the continued oppression of the Métis community following the Red River Resistance led by Louis Riel. However, as the decade progressed, settlers took over the province’s land and power structures.
