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Originally Posted by Acajack
Thanks.
I don't think I can see (hardly) any indigenous Canadians coming anywhere close to a voting booth before the 1960s probably.
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I'm not an expert, but I'll speculate anyway...
I suspect for the Métis, in the old days they might have identified much more closely with the institutions of government given that there was a strong Canadian element to their identity. They spoke the language, knew the traditions, etc.
As compared to, say, a Cree man from northern Manitoba who probably didn't know much if any English or French, wasn't schooled in European government, and might have understandably seen the whole thing as utterly alien.