Métis Population Betterment Act

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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Métis
Population Betterment Act was an Act of the Government of Alberta in
Canada, which created a committee of members of the Métis and the
government to plot out lands for allocation to the Métis. Twelve areas
were mapped out for this purpose, with the idea of creating an ongoing
cooperation between the Métis and Royal representatives toward the
improvement of quality of life for the Métis. In 1940, however, certain
revisions in the Act’s effects reduced the role of the Métis in their
affairs, leaving them in charge of land occupation and timber, among
several other things. Throughout the subsequent decade, the Métis
received government funds to construct schools, roads, housing, engage
in commercial fishing, and extracting timber. Meanwhile, it came to
light that certain lands given to the Métis were insufficient to create
a living for the people placed there, and these settlements were
rescinded. By 1960, only eight of the original lands were still in the
hands of the Métis.