S3: The Mounties Always Get Their Land (Part 2)
The Secret Life of Canada
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The Secret Life of Cannada Podcast Part Two
The northwest mounted police were in charge of enforcing a band against the sun dance, courtesy of the indian act. In 19 o four, the government of canada thought they had done a really good job with securing the west - which we now know meant displacing indigenous people to make settlement easier. The name royal was added and became the royal northwest mounted police. So how did the north mounted police become the r c m p? Ok, well, a lot of it has to do with winnipeg,. And then we'll use history to find out why, like numerous indigenous nations, many black canadians also have an inherent distrust of the police.
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