Settlement

Overview

An illustrated wagon being pulled by a horse is parked next to a car and a stone building. There is a train going by in the background.

Overview

Up to 1640: 1st Wave

Two illustrated First Nations people talk to each other. Another man sits by a campfire by a tipi and a woman walks by.

Indigenous Peoples

1640-1840: 2nd Wave

An illustrated First Nations man is trading furs to a fur trader for a pot and kettle. There is a trading post and a boat of fur traders in the background.

Fur Trade

A group of Indigenous people are sitting and standing together by a campfire with a tipi in the background and a woman using snowshoes.

First Nations

Three illustrated Métis people are together near a wooden cart and three small buildings with prairie behind them.

Métis

1840-1890: 3rd Wave

Three illustrated wagons are loaded up with suitcases as families are traveling across the Prairies.

Settling the West

Three groups of illustrated people stand next to a train station with a train and an elevator in the background.

The Railroad

An illustration is split into two sides. The left side shows an Indigenous man kneeling behind a stone while bison are walking on the other side. The right side shows an Indigenous man standing at a table with a White man sitting behind it writing.

Impact on Indigenous People

1896-1922: 4th Wave

Many illustrated people are grouped together with a row of stone buildings in and trees in the background.

Immigration Reasons

A group of illustrated people stand in a harbour next to a sign that reads ‘Welcome to Canada’. There is a ship with many people on it in the background.

Voyage to the Prairies