Cuthand: Settlement vote pending over events of 1885

Next week, the members of my First Nation will participate in a historic vote to confirm a settlement for our abuse at the hands of the federal government following the events of 1885.
Those events are also known as the Riel Rebellion or the Northwest Rebellion; both are considered pejorative because our people never rebelled — we fought for the recognition of our treaty rights and our right to exist.
The so-called siege of Battleford was a fear-based reaction of the settlers and governmen