Working with Evidence / Documents The Laws of St. Laurent Working with Evidence / Documents
QUESTIONS (answer with complete sentences) Read the last provision highlighted in Document 1. Why might have the Metis of St. Laurent included this provision in their laws? How do Documents 2 & 3 corroborate (or support) each other? In what ways do Documents 2 & 3 contradict each other? According to Document 5, what has been the result of Chief Factor Clarke’s decision to overrule the Laws of St. Laurent?
Paragraph With reference to the controversial “Hunt of 1875” discussed in the provided evidence, and the general state of the Metis people by the end of the 1870s, do you think the Metis of St. Laurent were justified in setting out their own strict rules to govern the buffalo hunt? Explain your answer. *You must take a position and support it.