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Gr 4–6—Cuthbert Grant, who was the son of a Scotsman and a Métis (mixed-race Cree) woman, played a significant role in the lives of the Métis people. Grant was sent to Montreal in his youth to be formally educated. He returned to the Red River Region as an officer of the North West Company, which was a major Canadian fur-trading company cofounded by his father. The rivalry between the North West Company and the Hudson Bay Company over resources as well as the encroachment of Scottish settlers o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More